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About the Artwork

The Fall of the Curtain

1910

Commercial relief process printed in color ink

Image: 8 5/8 × 8 5/8 inches (21.9 × 21.9 cm) Sheet: 19 × 12 1/2 inches (48.3 × 31.8 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts

1989.157

Public Domain

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Signed and dated, in plate, lower left: F.R.K. | 1901

Inscribed, in plate, upper center: THE FALL OF | THE CURTAIN Inscribed, lower center: A. | Brilliant | Society Novel

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

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The Fall of the Curtain, 1910, commercial relief process printed in color ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1989.157.

The Fall of the Curtain
The Fall of the Curtain