About the Artwork
Negra Es Bella
2014
Robert Pruitt (Artist) American, born 1975 Bill Lagattuta (Printer) American, active 1950 - present Justin Andrews (Printer) American Tamarind Institute (Publisher) American, founded 1960
Two-color lithograph
Sheet: 37 3/4 inches × 26 inches (95.9 × 66 cm) Image: 37 3/4 inches × 26 inches (95.9 × 66 cm)
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Museum Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund
2020.13
© Courtesy of the artist and Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right corner: R P [illegible]
Edition inscribed in pencil, lower left corner: 10/20 Title inscribed in pencil, lower center: NEGRA ES BELLA Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower right corner, above Tamarind chop: 14-315 Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower right corner, below Tamarind chop: tan rives BFK
Blindstamp, Tamarind chop, lower left corner Blindstamp, printer's chop, lower right corner
Provenance
Tamarind Institute (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)
2020-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© Courtesy of the artist and Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Robert Pruitt, Negra Es Bella, 2014, two-color lithograph. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 2020.13.
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