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Fortune Teller

1954

Benton Murdoch Spruance

Associated Names

Benton Spruance

Artist, American, 1904 - 1967

The image shows a person seated with their upper body visible. They have medium-length hair adorned with a white headscarf. The person is holding cards in their hands and on the table in front of them. Their face has large, round eyes and a neutral expression. Their attire consists of a patterned garment with horizontal stripes and a scalloped neckline. The background is an abstract pattern of rectangles in muted shades of brown, yellow, and black.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black and yellow [trial proof]
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1954.12.135
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

Q65221624

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