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Deborah Puretz

In Sincere Sympathy

Description

Maker

Deborah Puretz (American, b. 1954)

Title

In Sincere Sympathy
from the series Antique, EB 1891

Year

2001

Medium

  • Page 1787 from 1891 Encyclopedia Britannica and signed sympathy card collage and print on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Page 1787 from 1891 Encyclopedia Britannica and signed sympathy card collage and print on paper

Dimensions

Plate: 39.4 x 39.4 cm (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto: LL: inscribed in graphite: "In Sincere Sympathy EB 1891"; LR: inscribed in graphite: "d w puretz 2001"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the artist in honor of Sebastian Nicholas Grove

Object Number

2021.136.1.2

Type

  • Collage

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Deborah Puretz (American, b. 1954)
In Sincere Sympathy; from the series Antique, EB 1891, 2001
Page 1787 from 1891 Encyclopedia Britannica and signed sympathy card collage and print on paper
Plate: 39.4 x 39.4 cm (15 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches)
Gift of the artist in honor of Sebastian Nicholas Grove 2021.136.1.2

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