About the Artwork
Belle Isle Lace
between 1896 and 1960
Davis B. Hillmer
1896-1979
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Image: 18 × 13 1/4 inches (45.7 × 33.7 cm)
Photographs
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Eva Briggs Purchase Prize, Exhibition for Michigan Artists, 1960
60.133
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, on mount, lower right corner: DAVIS B | HILLMER
Inscribed, in blue ink, verso, center: Eva Briggs | Purchase | Prize Inscribed, in black pencil, verso, upper right: 301 Inscribed, in black pencil, verso, center: 514 [number is crossed out]
Stamp in ink, verso, upper left: DAVIS B. HILLMER | PHOTOGRAPHER OF ARCHITECTURE Affixed Label, top left verso: NAME OF ARTIST: Davis B. Hillmer 3 / STREET ADDRESS: 8825 Second AVE / CITY: Detroit ZONE: 2 STATE: Mich / TITLE OF WORK: Belle Isle Lace / MEDIUM: Photography PRICE: 50.00 / RETURN ADRESS, IF DIFFERENT FROM ADDRESS ABOVE: / MAY WE HAVE YOUR CONSENT TO SEND YES: NO: / THIS WORK ON A CURCUIT EXHIBITION? [in pencil "X" in box for yes] / Affix this label to the back of your entry / Annual exhibition for Michigan Artists 60 / The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit 2 , Michigan stamp in ink, bottom right verso: DAVIS B. HILLMER / PHOTOGRAPHER / 8228 WOODWARD AVE / DETROIT 2, MICHIGAN
Provenance
1960-present, collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Davis B. Hillmer, Belle Isle Lace, between 1896 and 1960, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Eva Briggs Purchase Prize, Exhibition for Michigan Artists, 1960, 60.133.
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