Study for Government

ca. 1885 or 1886

Elihu Vedder American, 1836-1923

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Title Study for Government

Artwork Date ca. 1885 or 1886

Artist Elihu Vedder

Life Dates 1836-1923

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Pastel and graphite pencil on blue wove paper

Dimensions Image: 6 × 11 3/4 inches (15.2 × 29.8 cm) Sheet (irregular hand-cut lunette): 7 1/2 × 13 1/4 inches (19.1 × 33.7 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Museum Purchase, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2010.218

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, lower center, verso: Government Inscribed, lower left corner, verso: L-01-169 Inscribed, lower right corner, verso: L57a

Marks Marked, paper gallery label attached to original backmat at time of entry to DIA: Stefek's | 9-10 | Lot 33 | Est. $1500-$1700 2248 2/20 Marked, paper gallery label attached to original backmat: Mary Lublin... | 19 E. 71st St., Suite 2B, NYC, 10021 (with obj. date as c. 1985-6) Marked.paper gallery label attached to original backmat: Hirschl & Adler (Number: APG 11723D), 21 E. 70th St., NYC, 10021

Provenance

(Hirschl & Adler Galleries Inc., New York, New York, USA)

(Mary Lublin Fine Arts, Inc., New York, New York, USA)

Nola (Curl) Tutag (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

(Stefek's Fine Art, Furniture, and Decorative Arts Auction, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

2010-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Elihu Vedder, Study for Government, ca. 1885 or 1886, pastel and graphite pencil on blue wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund, 2010.218.

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