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Death by Suffocation

A work made of etching, drypoint, and roulette in black on ivory wove paper.
© Art Green

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  • A work made of etching, drypoint, and roulette in black on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1966

Artist:

Art Green
American, 1941-2025

About this artwork

Intrigued by the religious images around his neighborhood, Green used his art to imagine a post-apocalyptic time in which survivors treasure relics from the past. Green based the central figure in Death by Suffocation on a photograph published in Time magazine of Robert McNamara, who as secretary of defense was one of the primary architects behind America’s disastrous involvement in the Vietnam conflict.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Art Green

Title

Death by Suffocation

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1966

Medium

Etching, drypoint, and roulette in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 50 × 40.3 cm (19 11/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 59.2 × 49.9 cm (23 5/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Robert Glauber

Reference Number

1970.162

Copyright

© Art Green

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