About the Artwork
Pieces of Silver
ca. 1935
Hugo Gellert
1892 - 1985
American
Unknown
Lithograph on paper
Image: 12 3/4 × 11 1/2 inches (32.4 × 29.2 cm) Sheet: 18 1/4 × 12 1/2 inches (46.4 × 31.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Museum Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund
2023.13
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, below image, right: HUGO | GELLERT
Inscribed, title, in pencil, below image, left: PIECES OF SILVER Inscribed, in pencil, verso, bottom left: HUGO GELLERT | 620 RIVERSIDE DR - | NEW YORK Inscribed, in pencil, verso, bottom right: TITLE: PIECES OF SILVER | MEDIUM: LITHOGRAPH | PRICE | $500 [bar underscoring zeros, representing price of $5] | LIMITED TO 50 PRINTS Inscribed, in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: HG - 56(6)
Provenance
(David Allen Fine Arts, Arlington, Virginia, USA)
2023-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hugo Gellert, Pieces of Silver, ca. 1935, lithograph on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 2023.13.
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