About the Artwork
The Black Silk Dress
1927
Gerald L. Brockhurst
1890-1978
English
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 8 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (22.2 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches (35.9 × 26.7 cm)
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Gift of Charles E. Feinberg
49.489
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Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, reversed, upper right: G. L. Brockhurst. 1927. Signed, in pencil, lower right: G. L. Brockhurst.
Inscribed, in pencil, bottom right edge: The Black Silk Dress
Stamp, in red, lower right corner: DIA
Provenance
1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Gerald L. Brockhurst, The Black Silk Dress, 1927, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Charles E. Feinberg, 49.489.
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