About the Artwork
Forty-five Characters
1973
Red Grooms (Artist) American, born 1937 (Printer) Catherine Mousley Brooke Alexander, Inc. (Publisher) American
Etching printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper
Plate: 11 7/8 × 11 7/8 inches (30.2 × 30.2 cm) Sheet: 19 × 17 3/4 inches (48.3 × 45.1 cm)
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Gift of anonymous donor
74.15
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Markings
Signed, in plate, upper left: RED Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: Red Grooms 1973
Inscribed, in plate, reversed, upper right: 1973 Inscribed, in pencil, lower verso: AP 10
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1974-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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© 2005 Red Grooms / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Red Grooms, Forty-five Characters, 1973, etching printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of anonymous donor, 74.15.
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