Collection Mother of all Flies

Mother of all Flies

Rolf Nesch, Artist Rolf Nesch, Printer

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Mother of all Flies
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Mother of all Flies

between 1893 and 1975

Rolf Nesch (Artist) Norwegian, 1893-1975 Rolf Nesch (Printer) Norwegian, 1893-1975

Intaglio printed in color ink on wove paper

Image: 16 3/4 × 5 5/8 inches (42.5 × 14.3 cm) Sheet: 18 × 6 7/8 inches (45.7 × 17.5 cm)

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Gift of Evelyne Scheyer in loving memory of her husband Ernst Scheyer

F1986.38

Copyright not assessed, please contact [email protected].

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Signed, in pencil, lower right: Rolf Nesch

Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 5/6 tire par l'artiste

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1986-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Rolf Nesch, Mother of all Flies, between 1893 and 1975, intaglio printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Evelyne Scheyer in loving memory of her husband Ernst Scheyer, F1986.38.

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