About the Artwork
Night Light
1975
Gordon Newton
1948 - 2019
American
Unknown
Graphite, crayon, colored pencil, ballpoint pen, and collage including tape on white wove paper
Sheet: 30 1/4 × 23 5/8 inches (76.8 × 60 cm)
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Gift of James Pearson Duffy
1999.143
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Markings
In green pencil, lower right, verso: G.N.; in pencil, lower right, verso: 2-75
In green pencil above the signature, lower right, verso: NIGHT LIGHT; in pencil, upper left, verso: 14
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Gordon Newton, Night Light, 1975, graphite, crayon, colored pencil, ballpoint pen, and collage including tape on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James Pearson Duffy, 1999.143.
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