Image

RISDM 2020-31-2.tif

Esther Pressoir

Open Eyes (Fiction Parade)

Description

Maker

Esther Pressoir (American, 1902-1986, (RISD graduate 1923, Painting)

Title

Open Eyes (Fiction Parade)
from Fiction Parade

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

22.3 x 19.7 cm (8 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in graphite, recto: circled number "27" in UR and crossed-out illegible text in LR. Stamped in blue ink, recto CR: "FICTION PARADE". Inscribed in graphite, verso: "S. DORMAN / Open Eyes" in UL and "9333 (underlined) / 18-3 / 275.-" in LR. Stamped in muave ink, verso CR: "LEAVE BEARERS / PROVE ON / BLUES & GO AHEAD".

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Jean Lewis Keith

Object Number

2020.31.2

Type

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Tombstone

Esther Pressoir (American, 1902-1986
b. in Philadelphia, PA
raised in Woonsocket, RI
)
Open Eyes (Fiction Parade); from Fiction Parade
Pen and ink wash
22.3 x 19.7 cm (8 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches)
Gift of Jean Lewis Keith 2020.31.2

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