About the Artwork
Dead Bird
1943
Charles Culver
1908 - 1967
American
Unknown
Watercolor over pencil on white wove paper mounted overall to heavy paperboard
Sheet (irreg.): 8 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches (21 × 15.6 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. George Kamperman in memory of her husband Dr. George Kamperman
64.212
Non-commercial all standard museum
Markings
Signed and dated, lower left: C. Culver 1943
Inscribed, in brush and black watercolor, upper center, verso: "Dead Bird" | C. Culver Inscribed, in pencil, upper left, verso: 88/155 | NFS Inscribed, center, right, verso: NFS Inscribed, bottom, center, verso: Loaned by Dr. & Mrs. George Kam[perman] [in rectangle] Inscribed, upper left, verso: I won't Inscribed, in pen and brown ink, upper center, verso: go away
Provenance
1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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"The Kamperman Collection." Bulletin of the DIA, 44, 1 (1965).
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© Eric C. & Caren Culver
Charles Culver, Dead Bird, 1943, watercolor over pencil on white wove paper mounted overall to heavy paperboard. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. George Kamperman in memory of her husband Dr. George Kamperman, 64.212.
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