About the Artwork
Dead Bird
1948
Frederick Simper
1914-2002
American
Unknown
Watercolor
Sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 3/8 inches (75.9 × 56.8 cm) Image: 29 × 21 inches (73.7 × 53.3 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. George Kamperman in memory of her husband
64.239
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Markings
Signed and dated, lower right: Frederick Simper 1948
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Provenance
Mrs. George Kamperman
1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 44, no. 1 (1965): p. 19.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Frederick Simper, Dead Bird, 1948, watercolor. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. George Kamperman in memory of her husband, 64.239.
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