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Frances Butler
Unauthorized Candles Cause Most Dorm Fires1972

Not on view
Vertical print in black, white, and orange showing two white chickens perched on candlesticks facing each other, with smoke clouds and text reading 'Candles cause most dorm fires'

Frances Butler, University of California, Davis, Unauthorized Candles Cause Most Dorm Fires, 1972, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Marc Treib Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Frances Butler
United States, 1940-2024
Made for
University of California, Davis
United States, California, Davis
Title
Unauthorized Candles Cause Most Dorm Fires
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1972
Medium
offset lithography
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 3/4 × 16 3/4 in. (52.71 × 42.55 cm) Image: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.48 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Marc Treib Collection
Accession Number
M.2014.126.501
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design