Miriam Zizmor

Purple Heart
c. 1960–1970

A graphic artwork featuring a large heart-shaped target with concentric circles in black, white, and purple, centered on a red dot. The heart is surrounded by a lace-like pattern. Below the target is a green field with a realistic painting of a rock or hill and a small American flag to the right. The bottom of the image contains text attributing the work to "GROUP COMMENTARY" titled "Purple Heart" and credits the photo to "Hogarth Center, 1970" with the artist's name "Miriam Zizmor."
A graphic artwork featuring a large heart-shaped target with concentric circles in black, white, and purple, centered on a red dot. The heart is surrounded by a lace-like pattern. Below the target is a green field with a realistic painting of a rock or hill and a small American flag to the right. The bottom of the image contains text attributing the work to "GROUP COMMENTARY" titled "Purple Heart" and credits the photo to "Hogarth Center, 1970" with the artist's name "Miriam Zizmor."

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Date
c. 1960–1970

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 1/16 × 17 1/2in. (58.6 × 44.5 cm) Image: 18 1/4 × 15 9/16in. (46.4 × 39.5 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.251

Series
Daniel Wolf Collection of Protest Posters

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/56439

Miriam Zizmor
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