Adam Van Doren
The Ducal Palace Courtyard

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© Adam Van Doren

The Ducal Palace Courtyard
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ArtistAmerican, born 1962
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Ducal Palace Courtyard
Date1986
PlaceVenice, Italy
MediumWatercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (24.1 × 31.8 cm)
Mount/mat: 16 1/4 × 19 in. (41.3 × 48.3 cm)
Frame: 16 3/4 × 19 5/8 × 1 in. (42.5 × 49.8 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2012.183
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in image center right in graphite: elevation / for courtyard.
Inscribed in image center in graphite: Ducal Palace / Courtyard
Inscribed in image upper left in graphite: Renaissance
Inscribed in image upper left in graphite: frames in / Venetian / glass
Inscribed in image center left in graphite: Renaissance
Inscribed in image center left in graphite: Gothic
Signed lower right in graphite: A. Van Doren
Artist's card adhered to frame verso lower left:
ADAM VAN DOREN / 130 WEST 57TH STREET, 13B / NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019 / TEL:212586-8342 / AVD130W57@aol.com
Framer's label on frame verso center, and two framer's stamps on frame verso, one at center below label, and one at lower left.

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