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They Will Torture You, My Friend

They Will Torture You, My Friend, 1971

Leon Golub, American, 1922 - 2004
Nancy Spero, 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)

Gift of David R. Godine

F1989.48.4

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Screen printing

Figure (representation)

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

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

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

David R. Godine

1989-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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.