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Quinquagenary
1982
George Ortman (Artist) American, 1926-2015 Frank Garnier (Printer) American George Ortman (Printer) American, 1926-2015 Joan Bolduc (Printer) American Robin Higgs (Printer) American
Four plate copper intaglio on arches cover white paper
Image: 21 3/4 × 16 1/4 inches (55.2 × 41.3 cm) Sheet: 28 × 22 1/4 inches (71.1 × 56.5 cm)
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Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2023.427.9
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: George Ortman
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: Quinquagenary Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: 2/50 Inscribed, in pencil, verso, upper right and lower left: 82.9h
Blind stamp lower right
Provenance
January 1984, sold by (Cranbrook Art Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);1984--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 2023
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© George Ortman, Courtesy of Hill Gallery
George Ortman, Quinquagenary, 1982, four plate copper intaglio on Arches cover white paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.427.9.
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