Leon Golub

Why Me?
1999

Illustration of a lion with a human face below it and the phrase "Why me?" floating above in cursive script.
Illustration of a lion with a human face below it and the phrase "Why me?" floating above in cursive script.

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Date
1999

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 1/8in. (76.4 × 56.2 cm) Image (irregular): 27 1/2 × 20 9/16in. (69.9 × 52.2 cm)

Accession number
2000.316.3

Edition
14/50 | 8 APs, 5 PPs

Publication
Printed by Noblet Serigraphie, Inc.; published by Exit Art

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Brooke and Daniel Neidich in honor of Mallory Neidich

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Leon Golub / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/12600

Part of a series:
Exit 99: Exit Art Portfolio 1999
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Illustration of a lion with a human face below it and the phrase "Why me?" floating above in cursive script.

Leon Golub
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