About the Artwork
The Black Fence
between 1934 and 1943
Felix Emmanuele Ruvolo
1912-1992
American
Unknown
Screenprint printed in color ink on wove paper
Image: 22 × 15 1/2 inches (55.9 × 39.4 cm) Sheet: 25 7/8 × 19 7/8 inches (65.7 × 50.5 cm)
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Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.347
All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: Felix Ruvolo
Inscribed, in pencil, upper left edge: Ruvolo, Felix Inscribed, lower left: The Black Fence Inscribed, lower center: 10/4 Inscribed, lower right corner: 6465
Provenance
Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.
Felix Emmanuele Ruvolo, The Black Fence, between 1934 and 1943, screenprint printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.347.
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