John Wesley

Shoot Him, Cecil

1971

A stylized biplane with two open-cockpit pilots flying beneath a large overhead wing.
A stylized biplane with two open-cockpit pilots flying beneath a large overhead wing.

Not on view

Date
1971

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 15/16 × 29 15/16 in. (76 × 76 cm) Image: 29 15/16 × 29 15/16 in. (76 × 76 cm)

Accession number
2007.105.4

Edition
113/125

Publication
Printed by Hans-Peter Haas; published by Abrams Original Editions, New York

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/30609

Part of a series:
Panoply
8 works

Three headless khaki military uniforms standing side by side against a green background.
Twelve cartoon wrestlers in red and green trunks tumble in a circular, synchronized ring.
A man in underwear stands beside a disassembled green military uniform, helmet, and boots.
A stylized portrait of a uniformed man with an exaggerated long gray mustache and decorative medals.
A woman in a robe stands bowed beneath five hooded, striped-robed figures arranged in an arc.
Six people in colored shirts form a circle reaching toward a central blank ball.
A mother cuddles a baby wearing a gray hat while the baby sucks its thumb.
A stylized biplane with two open-cockpit pilots flying beneath a large overhead wing.

John Wesley
13 works in the collection, 4 exhibitions

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