David Byrd • Catalogue Raisonné

Catalogue entry

P197

Scroll Flask and Hand

1989

Oil on canvas

42 x 54 in. (106.7 x 137.2 cm)

Signed and dated lower right pencil: BYRD

Private collection

Provenance

David Byrd Estate

Private collection

Exhibitions

2013 Martin-Mullen Gallery

Martin-Mullen Gallery, State University of New York, Oneonta, New York, David Byrd: Seeing What is There, November 11–December 20, 2013.

2017 Ten Stops: The Art Garage

The Art Garage, Cooperstown, New York, Auction Action: The Art of David Byrd, September 8–October 8, 2017.

2024 42 Carlton Place

42 Carlton Place, Glasgow, Scotland, Scroll Flask and Hand, June 6–23, 2024.

2025 Anton Kern Gallery

Anton Kern Gallery, 16 East 55th Street, New York, Auction Action, October 29–December 20, 2025.

Literature

James 2024

James, Merlin. "Scroll Flask and Hand." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné, by Jody Isaacson and Jessica Farrell. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate, 2024.

Commentary

David Byrd was a bottle collector and often attended bottle shows for both buying and selling.

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Theme: Auction

Additional Material

Archive: https://cdn.panopticoncr.com/davibyr001/catalogue_uploads/phlzjoju/David Byrd Skinner Sale Catalog with flask bottle.pdf

Record last updated September 22, 2024. Please note the catalogue is an evolving project and continually updated with new information that best reflects David Byrd's legacy.

Citation: Isaacson, Jody and Jessica Farrell. "Scroll Flask and Hand, 1989 (P197)." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate. www.davidbyrdcatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=194 (accessed on September 29, 2026).