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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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Gift of David R. Godine
F1989.48.4
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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.
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