About the Artwork
Ishtar
1962
Alfred Jensen
1903 - 1981
American
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 66 1/4 × 41 inches (168.3 × 104.1 cm) Framed: 66 7/8 × 51 9/16 × 2 inches (169.9 × 131 × 5.1 cm)
Paintings
Contemporary Art after 1950
Museum Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman Fund
2003.18
© 2005 Estate of Alfred Jensen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Markings
Signed, verso, upper left: Alfred Jensen
Dated, verso, upper left: Painted by Alfred Jensen in 1962 Inscribed, top right: unity Inscribed, left center: 104.
Provenance
Estate of the artist (Collection of Regina Jensen)
PaceWildenstein Gallery
2003-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© 2005 Estate of Alfred Jensen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alfred Jensen, Ishtar, 1962, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman Fund, 2003.18.
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