Dancing Pears / Billie Mercer

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Accession Number: 2013/2.161
Title: Dancing Pears
Artist: Billie Mercer
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: born 1936
Medium and Support: argyrotype on Cranes parchment
Object Creation Date: 1997
Credit Line: Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
Inscription: signed and exposure time in pencil, lower right, recto; paper type, date in pencil, verso; printed 7/19/97
Dimensions: 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm (10 in. x 10 in.)
Physical Description: Eight pears in a row, some on their sides, some standing up.
Primary Keywords: fruit; table (support furniture)
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; food; furnishings; furnishings by form or function; furniture; furniture by form or function; materials; materials by function; objects we use; support furniture
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 3115 x 2461
File Size: 162 KB
Record: 2013/2.161
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Full citation: "Dancing Pears; Billie Mercer." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.161/2013_2.161.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.