Harvard Art Museums > 1997.23: In the Name of the State of Illinois, I command you to disperse (Haymarket Series) Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"In the Name of the State of Illinois, I command you to disperse (Haymarket Series) (Mitchell Siporin) , 1997.23,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/287213. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1997.23 People Mitchell Siporin, American (New York, New York 1910 - 1976 Newton, Massachusetts) Title In the Name of the State of Illinois, I command you to disperse (Haymarket Series) Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1934-1935 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/287213 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink over graphite on cream board Dimensions 59.3 x 40.6 cm (23 3/8 x 16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, u.l.: Siporin inscription: on banner in image, black ink, in artist's hand: Our Civiliza[tion] / The Bullet / and Policeman's / Club! inscription: verso, bottom, graphite: In the name of the State of Illinois, / I command you to disperse (Haymarket series) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Miriam, Judith, and Rachel Siporin, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miriam, Rachel, and Judith Siporin Accession Year 1997 Object Number 1997.23 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Carl Belz, Mitchell Siporin: A Retrospective, exh. cat., Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University (Waltham, MA, 1976), no. 5 Paul Avrich, ed., The First Mayday: Haymarket Speeches 1895-1910 by Voltairine de Cleyre, Cienfuegos Press and Libertarian Book Club & Soil of Liberty (Sandy, Orkney, Scotland and New York, 1980), repr. Robert W. Glenn, The Haymarket Affair: An Annotated Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT, 1993), no. 1483 ["The Cops"?] Exhibition History Mitchell Siporin: A Retrospective, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, 05/11/1976 - 06/30/1976 Mitchell Siporin: The Early Years 1930-1950, Babcock Galleries, New York, 03/10/1990 - 04/03/1990 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/29/2015 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
