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Red Mercedes

Artist Don Eddy American, born 1944

Date1972

DimensionsOverall: 24 1/8 x 30 11/16 in. (61.3 x 78 cm)

MediumA seven color lithograph printed on Arches paper

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineFrederick B. and Kate L. Shoemaker Fund

Object number

1974.36

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Exhibition HistoryTMA Persistent Realities, Contemporary Prints: Sept. 2, - Nov. 12, 1979 TMA Contempary Realistic Prints: Mar. 17, - June 3, 1984Label TextThe three prints by Robert Bechtle, Don Eddy, and John Salt are from the portfolio Documenta, which consists of 10 prints by photorealists who exhibited at Documenta 5 in Kassel, Germany in 1972. Documenta, established in 1955, is an exhibition of modern and contemporary work that is limited to 100 days and happens every five years. Documenta 5 is considered an important milestone in the history of photorealism, a hyper-realistic approach to painting that began in the late 1960s.