Lamar Baker

Religion
1936

A black and white etching depicting a surreal and chaotic scene with various objects and figures. At the center, a large knight in armor lies on its back, with a cathedral-like structure emerging from its torso. The knight's helmet is open, revealing an empty space where the head should be. A spider web stretches across the upper right corner. In the foreground, a circular frame contains a figure resembling a classical statue of a man, and there are scattered elements like a radio, a snake, and what appears to be a globe or orb with a snake wrapped around it. The artwork is signed "Kollwitz - 1936" and "Kenneth Hayes" at the bottom.
A black and white etching depicting a surreal and chaotic scene with various objects and figures. At the center, a large knight in armor lies on its back, with a cathedral-like structure emerging from its torso. The knight's helmet is open, revealing an empty space where the head should be. A spider web stretches across the upper right corner. In the foreground, a circular frame contains a figure resembling a classical statue of a man, and there are scattered elements like a radio, a snake, and what appears to be a globe or orb with a snake wrapped around it. The artwork is signed "Kollwitz - 1936" and "Kenneth Hayes" at the bottom.

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Date
1936

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 1/2in. (40.3 × 29.2 cm) Image: 11 9/16 × 8 3/4in. (29.4 × 22.2 cm)

Accession number
96.68.5

Series
Fantasies

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Lamar Baker
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