Holocaust, from the suite "Holocaust"

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Holocaust, from the suite "Holocaust"
Image Not Available for Holocaust, from the suite "Holocaust"

Holocaust, from the suite "Holocaust"

Maker (b. 1917, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – d. 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Date1968
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 14 7/8 in. x 20 5/16 in. (37.8 cm x 51.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Nancy Gray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Collection
Object number2009.499.5
Status
Not on view
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1968
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1969
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1969
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Jacob Landau
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1969
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Myra Landau
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1976
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1973
Image Not Available for In spite of a price on his head, John Brown in 1859 liberated twelve negroes from a Missouri plantation, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
In spite of a price on his head, John Brown in 1859 liberated twelve negroes from a Missouri plantation, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
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Jacob LawrenceIves-Sillman, Inc.Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts
John Brown collected money from sympathizers and friends to carry out his plans, from the porfolio "The Legend of John Brown"
1977
Ne humanis rationibus divina opera curiosius excutiamus sed ex operibus manuducti admiremur artificem. (Let us not investigate God’s works inquisitively using human reasoning; but, guided by the works, let us admire instead the artist.) Cervellum nobis frangunt gridando Cicadae: Vexat mastinos Musca tavana canes. (The cicadas shatter our brains with their chirping; a horsefly can harass blood-hounds [on the fly].), part III, plate 9, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
Ne humanis rationibus divina opera curiosius excutiamus sed ex operibus manuducti admiremur artificem. (Let us not investigate God’s works inquisitively using human reasoning; but, guided by the works, let us admire instead the artist.) Cervellum nobis frangunt gridando Cicadae: Vexat mastinos Musca tavana canes. (The cicadas shatter our brains with their chirping; a horsefly can harass blood-hounds [on the fly].), part III, plate 9, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
published 1592
Octipedem ne excites. (Don’t wake an eight-foot [on the scorpion]) Scorpius irata tactus dat vulnera cauda. (When it is touched, the scorpion inflicts wounds with its irate tail.), part IV, plate 4, from "Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
Octipedem ne excites. (Don’t wake an eight-foot [on the scorpion]) Scorpius irata tactus dat vulnera cauda. (When it is touched, the scorpion inflicts wounds with its irate tail.), part IV, plate 4, from "Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
published 1592
Image Not Available for Nasci. Pati. Mori. (Birth, suffering, death.) Exanimat tenuis mures. Ut noxa salaces: sic modico casu lubrica vita perit. (A trifling injury kills the lustful mice: thus this uncertain life is lost through a simple accident.), part II, plate 8, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
Nasci. Pati. Mori. (Birth, suffering, death.) Exanimat tenuis mures. Ut noxa salaces: sic modico casu lubrica vita perit. (A trifling injury kills the lustful mice: thus this uncertain life is lost through a simple accident.), part II, plate 8, from "Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"
published 1592