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Free World or Slave World (plate 12 from the artist book, Century of the Common Man)
1943
Hugo Gellert
1892 - 1985
American
Unknown
Screenprint
Image: 15 × 12 inches (38.1 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 inches (50.6 × 40.6 cm)
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Gift of Mary Ryan and Bruce Lebowitz
2020.138
© Hugo Gellert; Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI. Courtesy of Mary Ryan Gallery.
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Bruce Lebowitz and Mary Ryan (New York, New York, USA)
2021-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© Hugo Gellert; Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI. Courtesy of Mary Ryan Gallery.
Hugo Gellert, Free World or Slave World (plate 12 from the artist book, Century of the Common Man), 1943, screenprint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mary Ryan and Bruce Lebowitz, 2020.138.
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