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Front Porch

Front Porch, 1968

  • Benny Andrews, American, 1930 - 2006

Paint on canvas

  • Unframed: 26 × 22 inches (66 × 55.9 cm)
  • 33 3/4 × 29 3/4 × 1 7/8 inches (85.7 × 75.6 × 4.8 cm)

Gift of Andrew J. Crispo Gallery

F72.6

Department

African American Art

Details

Signed, lower right: Benny Andrews - 68

Signed, dated and titled, left to right, verso: Benny Andrews - 68 | "Front Porch" | Benny Andrews | 1968

1972-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Benny Andrews, Front Porch, 1968, paint on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Andrew J. Crispo Gallery, F72.6.

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