Birmingham Race Riot, from "Ten Works + Ten Painters" / Andy Warhol

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Accession Number
1986/1.194.5
Title
Birmingham Race Riot, from "Ten Works + Ten Painters"
Artist
Andy Warhol
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1928 - 1987
Medium and Support
screenprint on paper
Object Creation Date
1964
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Inscription
See catalog card for inscription.
Dimensions
51 cm x 61.1 cm (20 1/16 in. x 24 1/16 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
black and white print
Physical Description
This work shows a black and white photograph of a crowd of people outdoors, with trees in the background. On the left is a uniformed policeman holding a dog on a leash in one hand and a club in the other. In the center area there is a man, with his back to the viewer, who is being attacked by two dogs. One, controlled by another policeman, is ripping his clothing and the other, with teeth bared, is attacking his right hand. In the crowd there are men watching the attack and looking at the policemen.
Subject Matter
This work is one of ten prints published within a portfolio, “Ten Works + Ten Painters”, commissioned by Samuel J. Wagstaff from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum in 1964. This portfolio was one of the earliest to have several artists published together to make major American artists accessible to a wider audience and range of collectors. Each print in this portfolio was based on a painting the artists had previously created. Some of the artists represented, in addition to Andy Warhol, are Frank Stella, Robert Motherwell, Ellsworth Kelly and Roy Lichtenstein who were associated with the Pop and Minimalism art movements in the 1960s.
Primary Keywords
dogs
figures
groups
trees
walking
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Image Size
961 x 803
File Size
113 KB
Record
1986/1.194.5
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"Birmingham Race Riot, from "Ten Works + Ten Painters"; Andy Warhol." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1986-sl-1.194.5/1986_1.194.5.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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