Studio Fetish

Mary Hilde Ruth Bauermeister American, 1934 - 2023
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About the Artwork

Studio Fetish

1967

Mary Hilde Ruth Bauermeister

1934 - 2023

American

Unknown

Paper, ink plastic, paint tube, pencil, screw eyes, clothes pin, and glue in shadow box

Overall (artwork): 16 3/4 × 6 3/4 inches (42.5 × 17.1 cm) Overall: 21 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 2 1/4 inches (54 × 23.5 × 5.7 cm)

Sculpture

Contemporary Art after 1950

Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

2024.227

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/

Markings

Signed, in black pen, lower left in image, under title: m. | bauermeister

Titled and numbered, in black pen, lower left in image: studio | fetich [sic] | Edition | Original | 9/75 Inscribed, in black pen, center of each side of stretcher, verso: 8416

Label, lower verso, ripped off: New York | KULICK | [handwritten:] #8416 | SIDEN

Provenance

1968, sold by (Franklin Siden Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

March 28, 1968-2020, 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 2024

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Mary Hilde Ruth Bauermeister, Studio Fetish, 1967, paper, ink plastic, paint tube, pencil, screw eyes, clothes pin, and glue in shadow box. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.227.

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Studio Fetish
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