Joel Peter Witkin
Le Peintre

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Le Peintre
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CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Le Peintre
Date1989
Manufactured inFrance
MediumHard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 1 3/4 in. (35.6 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2014.656
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Front: Inscribed in paint, left edge: Le

Front: Inscribed in pain, right edge: Peintre

Front: Signed in paint, under glaze, bottom left: witkin

Back: Inscribed in grey paint, under glaze, upper center: baudoin lebon

Back: Signed in paint, under glaze, center: witkin / 4/13
Front: Signed in paint, under glaze, bottom left: witkin

Back: Signed in paint, under glaze, center: witkin / 4/13
Back: Maker's Mark in green paint, center top edge: Sèvres (enclosed by double "L")

Back: Impressed under glaze, center top edge: 17 690 PAA =

Box Lid: Printed label, upper left: MANUFACTURE NATIONALE SEVRES [circular]

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