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A group of figures posing with guns, with a handbill page superimposed

An image of a close group of four dark skinned men is printed in dark brown and dark blue. Within a gate of a low picket fence, they stand facing us, two men holding long rifles at their side, and all wearing identical coats and caps as they gaze back at us. At left and at right, figures gather before houses on the flat plain in the distance beyond. The image of a handbill is superimposed just above the fence at left, printed in dark brown, with a headline reading, “MEN OF COLOR TO ARMS! TO ARMS!” The background is printed in muted green and shaded with hand sketched marks.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.33.41
People
Tanya Murphy, American (Philadelphia, PA)
Title
Men of Color to Arms
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
2010
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361194

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset lithograph on white wove paper
Technique
Offset print
Dimensions
36.2 × 53.3 cm (14 1/4 × 21 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in graphite: Tanya Murphy-Dodd 2010
  • (not assigned): On verso, in graphite: Men of Color to Arms Tanya Murphy Dodd 2010

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Tanya Murphy-Dodd, created 2010; [Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
36/46

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Tanya Murphy
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.33.41
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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