Survivors Accession Number: ART29489

Description

Eli Jacobi was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in the Pacific including at Guadalcanal. On his discharge from the Army he produced a series of linocuts on the war. This image of three skeletal soldiers, grimly smoking together titled 'Survivors' is a comment about the ambiguity of survival in war.

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Accession Number
ART29489
Artist
Eli Jacobi
Classification
Art
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Medium: linocut
Measurement
sheet: 32.8 cm x 41.8 cm
Medium
linocut
Date Made
1947
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 1990
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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