About the Artwork
The Marionette Guild
1933
Ralph Chessé
1900 - 1991
American
Unknown
Linoleum cut printed in black ink on off-white laid japan paper
Block: 3 7/8 × 3 7/8 inches (9.8 × 9.8 cm) Sheet: 4 1/4 × 4 1/8 inches (10.8 × 10.5 cm)
Prints
African American Art
Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
2011.79
Chessé Arts Ltd.
Markings
Signed, lower right: Ralph Chessé '33
Inscribed with title in pencil, lower left: The Marionette Guild Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Ralph Chessé '33
Provenance
2011-present, found in collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chessé Arts Ltd.
Ralph Chessé, The Marionette Guild, 1933, linoleum cut printed in black ink on off-white laid japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2011.79.
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