- Titles Pure Cobalt Blue--Bedroom (Title)@Interiors (Series)
- Artist Dale Henry, American, 1931 - 2011
- Medium oil on chair, oil on table, oil on canvas painting, oil painting on wall under glass
- Dimensions table: 30 1/4 × 20 3/8 × 16 1/8 in. (76.8 × 51.8 × 41 cm) chair: 32 × 23 1/2 × 23 in. (81.3 × 59.7 × 58.4 cm) painting: 36 × 48 × 1 1/4 in. (91.4 × 121.9 × 3.2 cm) sheet of glass: 24 × 24 in. (61 × 61 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of the Dale Henry Estate, AFI.171.2018a-d
- Work Type sculpture
- Classification Sculpture
- Signature See inscriptions
- Marks None
- Inscription Painting Verso, upper center, in paint: DALE HENRY, INTERIOR: PURE COBALT BLUE [underlined] / (BEDROOM) / 36 x 48 Bottom center of wooden canvas frame, in ink: 48 Left, center of wooden canvas frame, in marker: [illegible] Right, upper center of wooden canvas frame, in marker: 36 Painting Storage Box Front of box, in black: DALE HENRY / INTERIORS [underlined] / [John Weber Gallery sticker for Henry's Interiors show) / PURE COBALT BLUE BEDROOM (CANVAS 36 X 48) / 1 OF 2 CTNS/3 pcs. / [check mark] / Packed June, 2004 Front of box, in white: [illegible mark] / ([illegible] size: 51 1/2 x 38 1/2 x 2 1/2) Side of box, in black: [illegible] / INTERIORS [underlined, diagonal] / [illegible] / 1 OF / 2 CTN and 3 pcs. Artist Box Front of box, in black: Interiors: / [arrow pointing up] / PURE COBALT BLUE ~ BEDROOM / 2 OR 3 PC INSTALLATION - TOTAL 2 CTNS / (INCL. BALANCE TUBES ORIGINAL PAINTED [illegible]) / [circular line around text] CR size / 29 l x 32 w x 53 " HT / Packed July 2004 / Packed / July, 2004 Side of box, left, in black: Interiors: / PURE COBALT BLUE - BEDROOM / [arrow pointing up] / 2 OF 3 PC INSTALLATION, TOTAL 2 CTNS. / (incl. [illegible] original paint [illegible] / [circular line around text] CR SIZE: 29 l x 32 w x 53 HT [illegible] Back of box, in black: [John Weber Gallery sticker for Henry's Interiors show] Interiors: / PURE COBALT BLUE - BEDROOM / [repetition of dimensions on front of box, see above) / [illegible]
- Provenance Dale Henry, 1978-2011; gift to Alanna Heiss, a curator and gallerist, 2011-2018 [see note 1]; gift to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama 2018
1. Henry gave his body of work to Alanna Heiss with the intention of having her distribute it to museums and a select group of collectors.