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Old Pier Head

Edmund Blampied English, 1886-1966
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About the Artwork

Old Pier Head

1921

Edmund Blampied

1886-1966

English

Unknown

Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper

Plate: 13 × 10 inches (33 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 17 3/8 × 13 3/8 inches (44.1 × 34 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth A. Klare

F65.20

Copyright Not Evaluated

Markings

Signed and dated, in plate, lower right center: E. BLAMPIED 1921 Signed, in pencil, lower right: E. Blampied

Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: E 1421 Inscribed, lower center: Old Pier Head

Provenance

estate of Elizabeth A. Klare;
1965-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Edmund Blampied, Old Pier Head, 1921, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth A. Klare, F65.20.

Old Pier Head
Old Pier Head