Chimera, Our Father of War
Eric Avery, American, born 1948
1991
Linoleum block print on reduction silkscreen on Arches paper
Artist's Proof (edition of 20)
Image: 33 1/16 × 52 13/16 in. (84 × 134.1 cm)
Sheet: 35 3/4 × 59 1/16 in. (90.8 × 150 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk
2010.88.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, bottom left: artists proof for Trevor; inscribed, in graphite, bottom center: Chimera; signed, in graphite, bottom right: EAvery 4.30.91; in the print itself: text in print, bottom left: OUR FATHER OF WAR; symbol in print, bottom right: [artist’s mark]
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 86, Emblem, Figuring the Abstract in Social Commentary, Bay Lauris ByrneSim, Class of 2015, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 14-April 5, 2015.
Publication History
Bay Lauris ByrneSim, A Space for Dialogue 86, Emblem, Figuring the Abstract in Social Commentary, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2015, checklist no. 5.
Provenance
The artist; given to John T. Kirk and Trevor J. Fairbrother, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 2010.
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