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Music Box for Paul: Paul's Piece
1980
Joe Jones
1934 - 1993
American
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Mandolin, wires, metal frame
Overall (Mandolin): 24 × 7 3/4 × 5 3/4 inches (61 × 19.7 × 14.6 cm) Overall (Metal Frame): 7 × 32 1/2 × 17 inches (17.8 × 82.6 × 43.2 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.324.1-.2
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Signed and dated, in pen, on note: Joe Jones | July 81
Note from the artist, in plastic bag, above signature: [drawing of sun] #1 | ENERGY [musical notes]
Inscribed, in pen, on tag attached to frame: INV. NO. | 00438 | SIL.[?] NO. | 7149.11
Provenance
July, 20, 1979, sold by (Modern-Art Galerie, Vienna, Austria);1979-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2024
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Joe Jones, Music Box for Paul: Paul's Piece, 1980, mandolin, wires, metal frame. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.324.1-.2.
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