About the Artwork
Black Duck
1908
Edmund Joseph Sawyer
born 1880
American
Unknown
Watercolor on tan wove paper mounted overall to paperboard
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (25.1 × 34.3 cm)
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Gift of Dr. Alfred H. Povah
57.82
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Markings
Signed and dated, in pen and black ink, lower right: E J Sawyer | 1908
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 43 Inscribed, top center, verso: Illustration for "The Real Ch[illegible] of Duck | Shooting" [title underscored] Inscribed, center, verso: Black Duck | illustrating Bryant's "To A Waterfowl" | "Wither, midst falling dew, | While glow the heavens withthe last strips of day, | For through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue | Thy solitary way?" Inscribed, lower center: E. J. Sawyer | 970 Emmet St, | Schenectedy, N. Y.
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1957-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Edmund Joseph Sawyer, Black Duck, 1908, watercolor on tan wove paper mounted overall to paperboard. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Alfred H. Povah, 57.82.
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