William T. Wiley

Blame Treaty Revision
1988

Intricate black and white etching with dense, overlapping imagery including text, geometric patterns, and various figures. A prominent grid-like window is centered at the top, with a red curlicue design to the right. The bottom of the artwork features a circular motif filled with detailed drawings and symbols. Text is visible at the top and bottom of the composition.
Intricate black and white etching with dense, overlapping imagery including text, geometric patterns, and various figures. A prominent grid-like window is centered at the top, with a red curlicue design to the right. The bottom of the artwork features a circular motif filled with detailed drawings and symbols. Text is visible at the top and bottom of the composition.

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Date
1988

Classification
Prints

Medium
Softground etching, aquatint, scraping, burnishing, colored pencil and graphite pencil

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 53 3/4 × 40in. (136.5 × 101.6 cm) Plate (sight): 44 1/2 × 35 1/4in. (113 × 89.5 cm)

Accession number
2012.67

Publication
Published by Crown Point Press

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Dr. Richard and Carole Rifkind

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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