About the Artwork
Letter to My Betty II
1970
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born 1941
American
Unknown
Lithograph printed in color on wove paper
Overall: 15 1/8 × 12 inches (38.4 × 30.5 cm)
Prints
African American Art
Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund
72.235
Courtesy of John E. Dowell, Jr.
Markings
Signed lower right: John E. Dowell Jr. 70
Inscribed, lower left in pencil: 16/20 Titled, lower center in pencil: LETTER TO MY BETTY II Signed and dated lower right, in pencil: John E. Dowell Jr. 70
Provenance
1972-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Courtesy of John E. Dowell, Jr.
John E. Dowell, Jr., Letter to My Betty II, 1970, lithograph printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, 72.235.
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