About the Artwork
1793 A David Marat
1994
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1925 - 2006
Scottish
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Purbeck portland stone
Overall: 24 × 38 × 2 inches (61 × 96.5 × 5.1 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.230
Restricted
Markings
Inscribed into stone: 1793 | A David | Marat
Provenance
1994, purchased from (Nolan Eckman Gallery, New York, New York, USA);1994-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2024
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Ian Hamilton Finlay: Streiflichter, Fragments from the French Revolution. Exh. cat. Nolan/Eckman Gallery. New York, 1994, n.p. (ill.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1793 A David Marat, 1994, Purbeck Portland Stone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.230.
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