The Stray Dog Café, St. Petersburg

Brian Muldoon, Artist Cay Bahnmiller, Artist Gordon Newton, Artist
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About the Artwork

The Stray Dog Café, St. Petersburg

2000 - 2003

Brian Muldoon (Artist) American, born 1959 Cay Bahnmiller (Artist) American, 1955 - 2007 Gordon Newton (Artist) American, 1948 - 2019

Canvas, wood, paint, fabric, copper wire

Overall: 18 × 14 × 7 inches (45.7 × 35.6 × 17.8 cm)

Sculpture

Contemporary Art after 1950

Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

2023.122

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Markings

Signed, in black, lower center verso: Cay Bahnmiller | G. NEWTON | Brian Muldoon

Inscribed, in orange paint, upper right: NEVA RIV[smudge] Inscribed, in black and white paint along right side of stretcher: ANNA AKHAMATOVA 1917 RIVER | Anna AKHAMATOVA 1917 Inscribed, in white paint along upper left side of stretcher: NEVA Inscribed, in white paint along lower left side of stretcher: G Inscribed, in black marker on top right of stretcher verso: 1917 Inscribed, in black marker on mid right of stretcher verso: anna | akhmatova Inscribed, in black marker on left of stretcher verso: 1977 | at | the | Stray | Dog | ST | Petersburg Titled and dated, in black, upper center, verso: of The Neva River | 1 · 12 · 03 Inscribed, in black, mid-upper right verso: AKHAMATOVA [outlined in black] Dated, in black, lower right verso: 2002-03 Printed, in black (painted over with white), center verso: CAY BAHNMILLER Inscribed, in black marker on top left of stretcher verso: WHITE FLOCK

Provenance

2003, sold by (Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, Michigan, USA);
2003-2020, 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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Credit Line for Reproduction

Cay Bahnmiller; Brian Muldoon; Gordon Newton, The Stray Dog Café, St. Petersburg, 2000 - 2003, canvas, wood, paint, fabric, copper wire. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.122.

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The Stray Dog Café, St. Petersburg
The Stray Dog Café, St. Petersburg