About the Artwork
Emperor Jones, Blanding Sloan's Puppet Theatre
ca. 1928
Ralph Chessé
1900 - 1991
American
Unknown
Linoleum cut printed in black ink on yellow-orange wove japan paper
Block: 10 1/2 × 8 1/16 inches (26.7 × 20.5 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (34.3 × 26 cm)
Prints
African American Art
Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
2011.82
Chessé Arts Ltd.
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2011-present, found in collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chessé Arts Ltd.
Ralph Chessé, Emperor Jones, Blanding Sloan's Puppet Theatre, ca. 1928, linoleum cut printed in black ink on yellow-orange wove japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2011.82.
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