The Artist’s Fingerprints Except for One Which Belongs to Someone Else

Gene Davis American, 1920 - 1985
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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)

Drawings

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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Published References

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, 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.

The Artist’s Fingerprints Except for One Which Belongs to Someone Else
The Artist’s Fingerprints Except for One Which Belongs to Someone Else