About the Artwork
Mirage in the Desert
1929
James Swan
1874-1937
American
Unknown
Watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper
Sheet: 10 × 13 1/2 inches (25.4 × 34.3 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of the artist
33.1
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Markings
Signed, in ink, on verso, upper left: James Swan Signed, on verso, following inscription: [artist's monogram]
Inscribed, in pen and black-brown ink, upper left: Tucson | Arizona | 1929 | "MIRAGE" Inscribed, in graphite pencil, upper right, verso: 9423-1
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the artist, James Swan
1933-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James Swan, Mirage in the Desert, 1929, watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the artist, 33.1.
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