About the Artwork
Music Box for Paul: Paul's Piece
1980
Joe Jones
1934 - 1993
American
Unknown
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)
Musical Instruments
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.324.1-.2
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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
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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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