About the Artwork
Saks Fifth Avenue, Easter Sunday, 1948
1948, printed 1978
Ruth Orkin
1921-1985
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10 3/8 × 13 1/2 inches (26.4 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Albert and Peggy de Salle Charitable Trust Fund
1996.81
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Markings
Signed and dated, in pencil, on mat, lower right: © Ruth Orkin 1978 Signed and dated, In pencil, on print, verso, lower center: © Ruth Orkin 1978
Inscribed, in pencil, on mat, lower left: Saks Fith Avenue, Easter Sunday Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower center: Easter Sunday, Saks 5th Ave, 1948
Provenance
(G.W Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York, USA);1996-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Ruth Orkin, Saks Fifth Avenue, Easter Sunday, 1948, 1948, printed 1978, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Albert and Peggy de Salle Charitable Trust Fund, 1996.81.
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