About the Artwork
Bleak House
1951
L. L. Handly
1920-1950
American
Unknown
Bromoil print
Image: 9 × 6 7/8 inches (22.9 × 17.5 cm) Sheet: 12 5/8 × 10 inches (32.1 × 25.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of an anonymous donor
F72.221
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, on sheet, below image, lower right: L.L. Handly APSA
Inscribed, in pencil, on sheet, below image, lower left: Bleak House Inscribed, in pencil, on sheet, upper left, verso: 1/19/51 Port.? Proof Matching? | Resin Ink-Moderate pressure | 2 Inkings 2 Pulls each | the Hard [Illegible] Black-2 Pulls-Shadows | 2 of? " " " Slightly | softened with Webers Warm | Black Ethching Ink-Detail + Middle Tones
Provenance
1972-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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L. L. Handly, Bleak House, 1951, bromoil print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of an anonymous donor, F72.221.
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