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Letter from Home 1954: Agriculture Study
1992
Gordon Newton
1948 - 2019
American
Unknown
Paint, resin, and collage on a foamcore base
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 12 inches (36.2 × 30.5 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of James Pearson Duffy
1999.503
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Markings
Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right, verso: GN 1992 [underlined]
Inscribed, as part of the image from the printed cover of the magazine, upper right: March 198[illegible] | $2.00 Inscribed, in blue felt tipped pen, lower left, verso: "LETTER | FROM | HOME | 1954" | AGRICULTURE STUDY Inscribed, in pencil, upper left corner, verso: 233
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1999-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Gordon Newton, Letter from Home 1954: Agriculture Study, 1992, paint, resin, and collage on a foamcore base. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James Pearson Duffy, 1999.503.
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