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Escape into Nothing

Escape into Nothing, 1986

  • Bill Sanders, American, born 1947

Chromogenic print

  • Image: 27 3/8 × 21 7/8 inches (69.5 × 55.6 cm) Sheet: 30 × 23 7/8 inches (76.2 × 60.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Founders Junior Council and a National Endowment for the Arts Matching Purchase Grant

F1989.4

Department

African American Art

Details

1989-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bill Sanders, Escape into Nothing, 1986, chromogenic print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Founders Junior Council and a National Endowment for the Arts Matching Purchase Grant, F1989.4.

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