Ellen Lesperance
Who Killed Karen Silkwood?

Who Killed Karen Silkwood?

© 2020 Ellen Lesperance

Who Killed Karen Silkwood?
Who Killed Karen Silkwood?
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Who Killed Karen Silkwood?
Date2020
MediumLithograph in colors printed with chine collé and hand-knitted element with silk wool and silver leaf safety pin on wove paper, edition 4/15
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 43 3/16 × 29 5/16 in. (109.7 × 74.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment
Object number2021.543
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist and Tamarind Institute, 2020; purchased by MFAH, 2021
Exhibition History"Collectivity," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dec. 11, 2021-July 11, 2022 [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 314: No Catalog]


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: 20-302 / CA, K, +K [on top and bottom of Tamarind chop impression]
Verso: Signed and dated in graphite, right bottom edge: Ellen Lesperance [cursive] 2020
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: 4/15

Recto: [none]
Verso: Signed in graphite, central-right bottom edge: Ellen Lesperance [cursive]
Recto: Chopmark, below image matrix, bottom left corner: Tamarind
Recto: Chopmark [printer’s], below image matrix, bottom right corner: [hand with peace sign]

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