About the Artwork
Head of an Old Man
1893
Francis Petrus Paulus
1862 - 1933
American
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Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 5 1/2 × 4 inches (14 × 10.2 cm) Sheet: 10 × 7 5/8 inches (25.4 × 19.4 cm)
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Gift of the artist
19.141.33
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Markings
Signed in plate, lower left: Francis P. Paulus In pencil, lower right: Francis Petrus Paulus
Inscribed in pencil within plate mark, lower left: No. 1 Titled, bottom left edge: Head of Old Man Lower left, incorrect accession number in pencil: 19.141-26 Dated in plate, lower left: 93
Watermark: [cursive] VGZ [Van Gelder Zonen]
Provenance
1919-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Francis Petrus Paulus, Head of an Old Man, 1893, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the artist, 19.141.33.
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