Big and Little Fighting Ships

Vernon Howe Bailey American, 1874-1953
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About the Artwork

Big and Little Fighting Ships

1917

Vernon Howe Bailey

1874-1953

American

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Lithograph printed in black ink on japan paper

Image and sheet: 18 × 22 7/8 inches (45.7 × 58.1 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of the artist

19.20

Copyright Not Evaluated

Markings

Signed and dated, on stone, lower left: Vernon Howe Bailey | 17

Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: Big & Little Fighting Ships

Watermark: leaf device

Provenance

the artist, Vernon Howe Bailey [1874-1953];
1919-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Vernon Howe Bailey, Big and Little Fighting Ships, 1917, lithograph printed in black ink on japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the artist, 19.20.

Big and Little Fighting Ships
Big and Little Fighting Ships