About the Artwork
Thomas Pitts
between 1860 and 1932
Gari Melchers
1860-1932
American
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Watercolor over pencil on off-white wove paper
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 8 1/2 inches (26 × 21.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Historic Memorials Society in Detroit
64.83
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Inscribed, in pen and black ink, upper center, verso: An original watercolor study | by Gari Melchiors | for the oil portrait of Lendall Pitts' father, | Thomas Pitts of Detroit. | This portrait is in the "Lendall Pitts Collection | of Family Portraits" | Elizabeth McCord Pitts - wife of Lendall Pitts | 1 Rue Rue Rousselet, | Paris - France 1938
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Lendall Pitts.1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Gari Melchers, Thomas Pitts, between 1860 and 1932, watercolor over pencil on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Historic Memorials Society in Detroit, 64.83.
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