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Fingerprint Drawing

Joel Shapiro · 1969

Joel Shapiro: American, 1941 - 2025

UnclassifiedUnited States

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Joel Shapiro

Fingerprint Drawing

1969

black ink applied with fingertips on wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Exact year
Medium
black ink applied with fingertips on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 17.1 x 21.7 cm (6 3/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
Collection no.
1991.241.130
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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Fingerprint Drawing — Joel Shapiro. 1969.

Medium: black ink applied with fingertips on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 17.1 x 21.7 cm (6 3/4 x 8 9/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1991.241.130. The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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