Essie Bendolph Pettway
Equal Justice

Equal Justice
Equal Justice
Equal Justice
ArtistAmerican, born 1956
PublisherBerkeley, California
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Equal Justice
Date2020
MediumColor softground etching with aquatint on Rives BFK White wove paper, edition 16/50
DimensionsPlate: 37 1/8 × 33 5/8 in. (94.3 × 85.4 cm)
 Sheet: 40 × 36 3/4 in. (101.6 × 93.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Christy and Mark K. Craig in honor of their daughters Katie and Claire Craig at Art + Paper 2022
Object number2022.88
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist and [Paulson Fontaine Press, Berkeley, CA] 2020-2022; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, left bottom edge: 16/50
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, center bottom edge: Equal Justice
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: Essie Bendolph Pettway [cursive] 2020
Verso: [none]
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: Essie Bendolph Pettway [cursive] 2020
Recto: Chopmark, below plate, bottom right corner: [Paulson Fontaine Press symbol]
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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