A print on off-white paper with black ink of a Black figure surrounded with other figures.
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The print shows a Black figure wearing a white shirt with arms upraised against a black background within a white background. In the upper right corner, a man hold his left hand to his mouth and points to the left with his right hand. Three figures in combat helmets with rifles and ammunition belts rise up from the right side and half-way across the top. In the lower right a man hold his hands to his ears. A sign post holds a one way sign, a man in the lower right corner covers his eyes. Three police officers in white helmets hold truncheons in the lower left corner.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M15042
People
Arnold Trachtman, American (Lynn MA 1930 -)
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
print
Date
1968
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262653

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Impressions Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts], gift; to Fogg Art Museum, March 25, 1971.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
9/38

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Impressions Workshop
Accession Year
1971
Object Number
M15042
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. 15, ill.

Exhibition History

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

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