About the Artwork
The Giant Stride
1918
John Platt
1886-1967
English
Unknown
Woodcut printed in color ink on laid paper
Image: 6 5/8 × 16 1/8 inches (16.8 × 41 cm) Sheet: 8 × 17 1/2 inches (20.3 × 44.5 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund
F1988.1
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Markings
Signed and dated, on block, upper center of image: [artist's monogram] / 1918 Signed, in pencil, lower right: John Platt
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: THE GIANT STRIDE Inscribed, upper right corner: 8142
Provenance
1988-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
John Platt, The Giant Stride, 1918, woodcut printed in color ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund, F1988.1.
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