Bite the Bullet: Slow Guns for Quick Sale (To be Etched on your American Mind)
Vito Acconci, American, 1940 - 2017
1977
Color photoetching pm Rives BFK paper
22/25
Sheet: 29 7/16 × 41 3/4 in. (74.8 × 106 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.978.43
Publisher
Crown Point Press, Oakland
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Titled, in graphite, across bottom margin: BITE THE BULLET: SLOW GUNS FOR QUICK SALE (TO BE ETCHED ON YOUR AMERICAN MIND) -Vito Acconci 1977 22/25
Provenance
Crown Point Press, Oakland, California; sold to present collection, 1978.
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