About the Artwork
Dear Gilbert...
1982
Jean Tinguely
1925-1991
Swiss
Unknown
Watercolor, marker, graphite, oil pastel, ink pen, crayon and found objects on paper
Unframed: 13 7/8 × 14 3/16 inches (35.2 × 36 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2023.542
© Estate of Jean Tinguely / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Markings
Signed, in ink, lower right: Jean Tinguely
Inscribed, in ink, at bottom: Sept 17.82 Truly’s your | Dear Gilbert B. Silverman | Thank you very mutch [sic] for your letter’s | Jean Tinguely
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© Estate of Jean Tinguely / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Jean Tinguely, Dear Gilbert..., 1982, watercolor, marker, graphite, oil pastel, ink pen, crayon and found objects on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.542.
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