M15034: The Fifteen Days of May: Untitled
PrintsThe print in brown and black ink shows a line of six helicopters approaching from the right rear against a sky of swirling and wavy lines. Six more helicopters are dotted across the sky from the right to the left side of the picture plane. The sky meets the earth near the bottom of the print. In the lower left corner, a small figure is seen open mouthed and eyes closed in the center of a circle with a cross. A figure lies on its back to the right with knees raised and right arm outstretched.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M15034
- People
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Sigmund Abeles, American (New York NY 1934 -)
- Title
- The Fifteen Days of May: Untitled
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: 25 Prints for Artists Against Racism and the War
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1968
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/258562
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Etching
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Impressions Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts], gift; to Fogg Art Museum, March 25, 1971.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Edition
- 9/50
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Impressions Workshop
- Accession Year
- 1971
- Object Number
- M15034
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/10/2019 - 10/08/2019
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Verification Level
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