Commercial Street, Provincetown

late 19th century

W. Edwards American

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Commercial Street, Provincetown: 1 of Collection Gallery

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About the Artwork

Title Commercial Street, Provincetown

Artwork Date late 19th century

Artist W. Edwards

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Pen and black ink over graphite with white gouache on heavy off-white wove paper

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Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Charles E. Feinberg

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 55.513

Markings

Signed Signed, in pen and black ink, lower left: W Edwards

Inscriptions Inscribed, bottom right, in image: Commercial: Street: Provincetown Inscribed, on sheet, in graphite, bottom right: 2 cols Inscribed, on sheet, bottom right corner: 25 Inscribed, on sheet, lower right center: 5 1/8 in | Rockman | csm Inscribed, on sheet, bottom right center: 12597 - 5 - May 11 Inscribed, on sheet, lower left center: Pro Inscribed, in pen and brown ink, upper left corner, on sheet: a... [underscored and partially covered by a sticker] Inscribed, in black crayon, upper center, verso: Cty | 8913 Inscribed, in blue colored pencil, across sheet, verso: 9WE | P |12 x 7 |Commercial Street, Provincetown- | 26-651 | [erased] -(25 -

Marks Drystamp, lower left: Reynolds's Bristolboard [circled, letters around crown in center of stamp] Stamped, on sticker in black ink, upper left: 10942 Stamp, in purple ink, center, verso: Property of the Century Co. | Union Square, New York | Notice to Engravers [underscored] | 1. Five fine proofs are required. | 2. No proofs or engravings made for | any publication of THE CENTURY CO. are to | be shown by engravers before publication, | without the consent of the company. | 3. No proofs are to be publicly exhibited | without permission and when exhibited | credit must be given to the publication | for which they were engraved.

Provenance

1955-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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W. Edwards, Commercial Street, Provincetown, late 19th century, pen and black ink over graphite with white gouache on heavy off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Charles E. Feinberg, 55.513.