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Benny Andrews

Blackbird

1979

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Benny Andrews

Blackbird

1979

Physical Qualities Lithograph, Sheet: 561 × 764 mm. (22 1/16 × 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Darnell Burfoot, Baltimore
Object Number 2023.267
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2023; Darnell Burfoot, Baltimore

Inscribed: RECTO: Lower-left in graphite, "109/275"; lower-left center in graphite, "'Black Bird' Benny Andrews [artist's signature] / 1980" VERSO: Lowerright corner in graphite, "MS53"

Markings: RECTO: Embossed with an encircled 'S' at lower-left corner.

Artist

Benny Andrews

1929–2005

born Plainview, GA 1930; died Brooklyn, NY 2006
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