Purim

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Larry Rivers

Title

Purim

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.

1963

Medium

Lithograph in black and cream with graphite additions (recto), and lithograph in black (verso), on white wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed and inscribed recto lower left, in graphite: "Pencil added / L.R. 9/4/76"; inscribed in another hand, verso lower right, in graphite: "4. T.G."; blind stamp lower left: “ULAE”

Dimensions

Image: 35.5 × 46.5 cm (14 × 18 5/16 in.); Sheet: 50.8 × 64.8 cm (20 × 25 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1982.909c

Extended information about this artwork

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