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Fortune Teller

1954

Benton Murdoch Spruance

Associated Names

Benton Spruance

Artist, American, 1904 - 1967

The image displays a person seated at a table, holding a card with an extended arm. More cards are spread out on the table before them. The person's face features large, dark eyes and their skin is painted in green and blue tones. They have dark hair with a light headscarf partially covering it. The person wears a striped vest over a blouse with a scalloped neckline. The background consists of abstract shapes in gray, blue, and green tones.

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Artwork overview

Medium

4-color lithograph [trial proof]
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1954.12.134
Catalogue Raisonné

Fine/Looney 1986, no. 331, State (trial proof)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1986

Fine, Ruth and Robert F. Looney. The Prints of Benton Murdoch Spruance. Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 1986.

Wikidata ID

Q65221621

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