About the Artwork
Untitled (Man reading newspaper)
1990, printed 2003
Carrie Mae Weems (Artist) American, born 1953 Pamela Vander Zwan (Designer) American, born 1960
Platinum print
Image: 15 1/16 × 15 1/16 inches (38.3 × 38.3 cm) Sheet: 20 1/16 × 20 1/16 inches (51 × 51 cm) Framed: 24 1/2 × 24 1/4 inches (62.2 × 61.6 cm)
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Contemporary Art after 1950
Museum Purchase, Bequest of W. Hawkins Ferry by exchange
2017.20.4
Non-commercial all standard museum
Markings
Inscribed, in pencil, center, verso: 2 [encircled]
Marked, stamp, in black ink: PROOF
Provenance
(Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York, USA)
2017-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Carrie Mae Weems; Pamela Vander Zwan, Untitled (Man reading newspaper), 1990, printed 2003, platinum print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Bequest of W. Hawkins Ferry by exchange, 2017.20.4.
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