About the Artwork
Untitled
1992
Glenn Ligon
born 1960
American
Unknown
Soft-ground etching, aquatint, spit bite, and sugar lift printed in black ink on white wove paper
Plate: 23 1/2 × 15 7/8 inches (59.7 × 40.3 cm) Sheet: 25 × 17 1/2 inches (63.5 × 44.5 cm)
Prints
African American Art
Founders Society Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund and the John S. Newberry Fund
1993.27.2
Non-commercial all standard museum
Markings
Signed, lower right: Glen Ligon '92
Inscribed in pencil, lower left: 16/45 Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Glen Ligon '92
Watermark: BFK RIVES
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© Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Glenn Ligon, Untitled, 1992, soft-ground etching, aquatint, spit bite, and sugar lift printed in black ink on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund and the John S. Newberry Fund, 1993.27.2.
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