About the Artwork
Abstract Composition
1946
Alfred Russell
1920-2007
American
Unknown
Soft-ground etching and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 6 7/8 × 14 7/8 inches (17.5 × 37.8 cm) Sheet: 13 1/4 × 19 7/8 inches (33.7 × 50.5 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Alfred Russell
47.6
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Markings
Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: Alfred Russell 1946
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: trial print 4th state
Provenance
Alfred Russell
1947-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Alfred Russell, Abstract Composition, 1946, soft-ground etching and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Alfred Russell, 47.6.
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