Details
| Artist | Pottier and Stymus Manufacturing Company, American, active ca.1859 - 1910 |
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| Date | 1876 |
| Medium | walnut with oak as secondary wood |
| Dimensions | Overall: 138 × 107 × 42 inches (3 m 50.5 cm × 271.8 cm × 106.7 cm) |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund |
| Accession Number | 2006.59 |
| Department | American Art before 1950 |
| On View | American W290, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Inscriptions | Inscribed, on back, center of under-cabinet support in pencil: Rudolf Dworsak |1215 I Avenue | New York | 1876 | John Kerrigan | Dec. 8, 1888 | William Fuller 1919 [or 1918] Inscribed, back, lower left in white chalk: Steel Pier | J. Forbes | G. Bliss | January 26, 1932 Inscribed, back, lower right: 1929 Inscribed, back, center right on the base: 40843. Store |
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Provenance
1876, produced for and exhibited at Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA);
until 1927, collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of August Pottier (New York, New York, USA);
1928, deaccessioned and sold at unidentified public auction, lot 319.
1928-1970s, [whereabouts unknown];
1970s-1987, Joe Bianco (Troy, Michigan, USA);
1987-2006, Robert Bahssin (Larchmont, New York, USA) [purchased at private Dumochelles private sale];
2006-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
until 1927, collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of August Pottier (New York, New York, USA);
1928, deaccessioned and sold at unidentified public auction, lot 319.
1928-1970s, [whereabouts unknown];
1970s-1987, Joe Bianco (Troy, Michigan, USA);
1987-2006, Robert Bahssin (Larchmont, New York, USA) [purchased at private Dumochelles private sale];
2006-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
