About the Artwork
Pictures to be Read, Poetry to be Seen
1967
Mary Hilde Ruth Bauermeister
1934 - 2023
American
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Photograph
Overall: 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 inches (7.9 × 7.9 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2023.201.4
Restricted
Markings
Inscribed, in ink, verso (Gil's handwriting?): MARY | BAUERMEISTER | PHOTO OF | STONES
Provenance
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 2023
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Artist is a member of Artists Rights Society (ARS). Contact ARS. All artwork c/o Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. All rights reserved. Https://arsny.com/licensing-requests/
Mary Hilde Ruth Bauermeister, Pictures to be Read, Poetry to be Seen, 1967, photograph. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.201.4.
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