Tiresias

© Estate of Attilio Salemme

Tiresias

Currently not on view

Tiresias,

1960

Attilio Salemme, 1911–1955; born Boston, MA; died New York, NY
Poem by Morris Weisenthal, American, 1917–2009
2010-183.17

Information

Title
Tiresias
Dates

1960

Maker
Attilio Salemme
Poem by Morris Weisenthal
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 35.1 x 29.9 cm. (13 13/16 x 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 50.5 x 43 cm. (19 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Louise H. and Henry E. Bessire, Class of 1957
Object Number
2010-183.17
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, New York

Inscription
Signed in graphite, lower right: Attilio Salemme (L.S.) Numbered in graphite, lower left: 29//50
Culture
American
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
mounting, etching (printing process)
Subject
symbolism, poems, towers (single built works), mythology, text, birds

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