Forty-five Characters, 1973

  • Brooke Alexander, Inc., American
  • Red Grooms, American, born 1937
  • Catherine Mousley

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)

Gift of anonymous donor

74.15

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

1974-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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.