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The Side Wall of the Great Room at 125 Pall Mall
1813
Benjamin West
1738-1820
American
Unknown
Pen and sepia ink and sepia wash over graphite on heavy oatmeal paper
Overall: 8 3/16 × 12 1/4 inches (20.8 × 31.1 cm) Framed: 15 × 19 inches (38.1 × 48.3 cm)
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Gift of Patricia M. Sax
2018.30
This work is in the public domain.
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Signed and dated, lower right: Benj[m] West Decem r 21 st 1813
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Provenance
Kenneth W. Rendell, Inc., New York
Dr. E. Maurice Bloch, Los Angeles, California, until 1989
Estate of Dr. E. Maurice Bloch
sold at Christie's, New York, January 9, 1991
Private collection
purchased by Patricia M. Sax, (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) 2003
2018-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Benjamin West, The Side Wall of the Great Room at 125 Pall Mall, 1813, pen and sepia ink and sepia wash over graphite on heavy oatmeal paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Patricia M. Sax, 2018.30.
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