About the Artwork
The Black Silk Dress
1927
Gerald L. Brockhurst
1890-1978
English
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 8 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (22.2 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 inches (29.5 × 20.3 cm)
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Gift of Charles E. Feinberg, in memory of J. Leonard Sessler
51.58
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Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, upper right: G. L. Brockhurst. 1927 Signed, in pencil, lower right: G. L. Brockhurst.
Inscribed, in pencil, center bottom edge: 111 proofs The Black Silk Dress 1927
Provenance
1951-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Gerald L. Brockhurst, The Black Silk Dress, 1927, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Charles E. Feinberg, in memory of J. Leonard Sessler, 51.58.
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