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They Will Torture You, My Friend

Leon Golub, Artist Nancy Spero, Artist
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They Will Torture You, My Friend

1971

Leon Golub (Artist) American, 1922 - 2004 Nancy Spero (Artist) American, 1926-2009

Screenprint printed in color ink on wove paper

Image: 17 3/4 × 23 5/8 inches (45.1 × 60 cm) Sheet: 17 3/4 × 23 7/8 inches (45.1 × 60.6 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of David R. Godine

F1989.48.4

Copyright Not Evaluated

Markings

Signed, in pencil, lower right: Nancy Spero | Leon Golub

Inscribed, in screen, as part of the image, upper center: they will torture | you, my friend | Artaud Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 75/150

Stamp, in blue, lower left, verso: COPYRIGHT [copyright mark] 1971 BY LEON GOLUB & NANCY SPERO

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David R. Godine;
1989-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Leon Golub; Nancy Spero, They Will Torture You, My Friend, 1971, screenprint printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of David R. Godine, F1989.48.4.

They Will Torture You, My Friend
They Will Torture You, My Friend