About the Artwork
Untitled: Blackstrap Venus
1972
Gordon Newton
1948 - 2019
American
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Graphite and paint on an image printed in black ink on white wove paper
Sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of James Pearson Duffy
1999.291
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
In blue ballpoint pen, lower left, verso: 1972 GN
Printed in black ink, upper left center of image: BLACKSTRAP VENUS (VENUS is upsidedown); other letters and numbers printed along the bottom edge and lower right of the image; in pencil, upper left, verso: 108
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Gordon Newton, Untitled: Blackstrap Venus, 1972, Graphite and paint on an image printed in black ink on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James Pearson Duffy, 1999.291.
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