The Martyrdom, from the portfolio Point of Departure

Frances Myers, The Martyrdom, from the portfolio Point of Departure, 1983-1984, color linocut on paper, image and sheet: 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jane E. Goldman and Catherine Kernan, 1987.66.16

Artwork Details

Title
The Martyrdom, from the portfolio Point of Departure
Artist
Date
1983-1984
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image and sheet: 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jane E. Goldman and Catherine Kernan
Mediums Description
color linocut on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — waist length
  • State of being — death — execution
Object Number
1987.66.16
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1987.66.16

Works by this artist (6 items)

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Frances Myers, The Guggenheim, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1978.2
The Guggenheim
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Frances Myers, Monona Vision from the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Portfolio, 2001, photo-etching, aquatint and roll-up on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Janet Ann Bond Sutter and Thomas Henry Sutter, 2008.10.1.8, © 2001, Andrew G. Balkin and Renee E.K. Balkin
Monona Vision from the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Portfolio
Artist
Date2001
photo-etching, aquatint and roll-up on paper
Not on view
Image Not Available
Of Things Past, from the portfolio A.G.B. 1 + 10
Artist
Date1993
softground, aquatint, and collage hand-colored on paper
Not on view
Frances Myers, Exotic Dangers, 1987, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1990.24, © 1987, Frances Myers
Exotic Dangers
Artist
Date1987
color woodcut on paper
Not on view

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