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© David Driskell. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College…
African Saint
© David Driskell. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, 1931 – 2020)
Date2005
MediumLinocut
DimensionsImage (block): 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 in. (18.1 × 14 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 in. × 11 in. (38.7 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael E. Shapiro, Class of 1971
Object number2017.7
Not on view
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Provenance 2017: Hamilton College (Ruth & Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Michael Shapiro.
Signature Signed "Driskell 05" lower right margin in pencil.
Inscribed "African Saint" lower left margin in pencil in artist's hand; "26/50" lower center margin in pencil in artist's hand.
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