The Side Wall of the Great Room at 125 Pall Mall

Benjamin West American, 1738-1820
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The Side Wall of the Great Room at 125 Pall Mall

1813

Benjamin West

1738-1820

American

Unknown

Pen and sepia ink and sepia wash over graphite on heavy oatmeal paper

Overall: 8 3/16 × 12 1/4 inches (20.8 × 31.1 cm) Framed: 15 × 19 inches (38.1 × 48.3 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Patricia M. Sax

2018.30

This work is in the public domain.

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Signed and dated, lower right: Benj[m] West Decem r 21 st 1813

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Provenance

Kenneth W. Rendell, Inc., New York

Dr. E. Maurice Bloch, Los Angeles, California, until 1989

Estate of Dr. E. Maurice Bloch

sold at Christie's, New York, January 9, 1991

Private collection

purchased by Patricia M. Sax, (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) 2003

2018-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Benjamin West, The Side Wall of the Great Room at 125 Pall Mall, 1813, pen and sepia ink and sepia wash over graphite on heavy oatmeal paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Patricia M. Sax, 2018.30.

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The Side Wall of the Great Room at 125 Pall Mall
The Side Wall of the Great Room at 125 Pall Mall