About the Artwork
Squatting Boy
1930 - 1939
Gerhard Marcks
1889-1981
German
Unknown
Graphite on paper
Image: 9 7/8 × 6 11/16 inches (25.1 × 17 cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.2 × 21.6 cm)
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Gift of the George R. Francoeur Trust
2019.281
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Markings
Signed, in graphite, lower right: G Marcks
Letter in brown pen and ink on verso, dated October 7, 1840. Inscribed, in graphite, on verso: 17959 (in circle); and 284 (in circle)
[no marks]
Provenance
XXXX-1976, Arnold Klein Gallery (Royal Oak, Michigan, USA)
1976-2019, purchase, George R. Francoeur (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
George R. Francoeur Trust
2020-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Gerhard Marcks, Squatting Boy, 1930 - 1939, graphite on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the George R. Francoeur Trust, 2019.281.
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