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A print with black and white illustrations from publications and color elements.

The print shows a photograph in the upper left corner, green squares and orange lines are placed on either side of the image, four small photographs showing details of legs and a woman are on the right, with a green square in the upper right and an orange line bisecting two of the photographs. Below is an orange and black square. A cartoon panel is in the lower right corner. Two photographs of a man are on the bottom center. Above is three images from a cartoon strip. Orange and green squares are along the bottom edge at the left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M15037
People
Richard Marshall Merkin, American (1938 - 2009)
Title
The Fifteen Days of May: Silent Barriers
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: 25 Prints for Artists Against Racism and the War
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1968
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/260434

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Screen print

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
M15037
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Makeda Best, "Twenty-five prints for artists against racism and the war, 1968", Art in Print (Chicago, 2014), Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 15-19, p. 16, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/10/2019 - 10/08/2019

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Verification Level

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