About the Artwork
Walt Whitman
1887
George C. Cox
1851-1902
American
Unknown
Platinum print
Image: 9 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (23.2 × 18.7 cm) Mount: 13 × 10 3/4 inches (33 × 27.3 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund
F79.44
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Inscribed, dated in black ink on mount below print: Walt Whitman 1887
Photographer's blind stamp on mount, lower left: Copyright 1887 | by George C. Cox
Provenance
1979-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
George C. Cox, Walt Whitman, 1887, platinum print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, F79.44.
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