Image

A pixel-like silkscreen print of someone lying on the ground. Their face is turned to the side, seemingly hurt. There are faint spots of red, implying blood.

Richard Hamilton

Kent State

Description

Maker

Richard Hamilton (British, 1922-2011), designer
Dietz Offizin, printer
Dorothea Leonhart, publisher

Title

Kent State

Year

1970

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

color screen print

Supports

Dimensions

Image: 66.8 x 87.2 cm (26 5/16 x 34 5/16 inches)

Identification

Edition

875/5000

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Brooke Alexander

Object Number

73.075

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Former Glory
Jul 27, 2018 – Jan 20, 2019

Label copy

I’ve always invited and courted the marginal, tight-rope life I’ve lived;

In each painting is a grabbing back to balance:

I’ve justified my life, and accepted the price because of them.

I don’t work; they come and save me like angels.

William Congdon to Belle Gardner, May 5, 1954

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Tombstone

Richard Hamilton (British, 1922-2011), designer
Dietz Offizin, printer
Dorothea Leonhart, publisher
Kent State, 1970
Color screenprint on paper
Image: 66.8 x 87.2 cm (26 5/16 x 34 5/16 inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Brooke Alexander 73.075

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