About the Artwork
The Artist’s Fingerprints Except for One Which Belongs to Someone Else
1971
Gene Davis
1920 - 1985
American
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Ink and graphite on paper
Overall: 8 1/2 × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm) Framed: 17 3/4 × 14 5/8 × 1 1/2 inches (45.1 × 37.1 × 3.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.114
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Markings
Signed and dated, lower right corner: Gene Davis 1971
Titled, by typewriter, upper center: THE ARTIST’S FINGERPRINTS | EXCEPT FOR ONE | WHICH BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE [all underlined] Inscribed, in pencil, center: LEFT HAND Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: RIGHT HAND Inscribed, in black, upper right verso [in Jon Hendrick’s handwriting]: No._______________ | Gene Davis | The Artist’s Fingerprints | Except for One | Which Belongs to Someone Else | 1971
Provenance
1978, sold by (Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York, USA);1978-2020, 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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Naifeh, Steven, and Gregory White Smith. Gene Davis. New York, 1982, p. 95, no. 61 (ill.); pp. 96-97.
The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection. Exh. cat., Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum. Bloomfield Hills, 1981, p. 58.
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© Gene Davis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Gene Davis, The Artist’s Fingerprints Except for One Which Belongs to Someone Else, 1971, ink and graphite on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.114.
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