About the Artwork
Baird's "Pleased as Punch"
1994
William Stolpin
born 1942
American
Unknown
Screenprint printed in color ink on white wove paper
Image: 17 × 11 1/8 inches (43.2 × 28.3 cm) Sheet: 22 3/4 × 15 1/4 inches (57.8 × 38.7 cm)
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Gift of the artist and Kathleen D. Stolpin
2011.72
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Stolpin
Markings
Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: William R. Stolpin - Feb 1994
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 13/17 Inscribed, lower center: BAIRD'S "PLEASED AS PUNCH" Inscribed, below title: Based on Arie de Zanger Photo in The Art of the Puppet by Bil Baird - Copyright 1973 by the Ridge Press Inc.
Drystamp, lower left corner: DAS Watermark: ARCHES 88 | FRANCE
Provenance
William and Kathleen D. Stolpin
2011-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Mr. & Mrs. William R. Stolpin
William Stolpin, Baird's "Pleased as Punch", 1994, screenprint printed in color ink on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the artist and Kathleen D. Stolpin, 2011.72.
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