Collection The Nike of Melos

The Nike of Melos

Paul L. Anderson American, 1880-1956
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The Nike of Melos
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About the Artwork

The Nike of Melos

1913

Paul L. Anderson

1880-1956

American

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Carbon print

Image: 11 3/8 × 9 inches (28.9 × 22.9 cm) Mount: 13 1/8 × 9 1/4 inches (33.3 × 23.5 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund

1993.99

Copyright Not Evaluated

Markings

Signed and dated, in pencil, on mount, lower left: Paul L. Anderson - 1913

Inscribed, in pencil, verso: mk | 2500.- | 4/4 | #4137 | #3[encircled] Title - The Niké of Melos | Paul L. Anderson | 36 Washington Street [striked] | East Orange [striked] 27 Hillside Avenue, | New Jersey Short Hills | U.S.A N.J. | Print - Carbon | 1[encircled]

Printed, on label, affixed to verso: SHIROPSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHIC | SOCIETY | The Niké of Melos, | by | Paul L. Anderson. | DISPLAYED BY INVITATION | at the | 1954 | EXHIBITION | OF | PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

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(Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, USA);
1993-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Paul L. Anderson, The Nike of Melos, 1913, carbon print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, 1993.99.

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