Sue Coe

Aids and the Federal Government

1990

A black and white print depicting a dramatic scene with the United States Capitol dome in the background and a foreground filled with numerous figures lying on the ground in various poses of distress. In the bottom left corner, a television set displays a pair of lips, and the text "Aids won't wait, the enemy is here not in Kuwait" is written below the image. The artist's signature, "Sue Coe '90," is visible in the lower right corner.

A black and white print depicting a dramatic scene with the United States Capitol dome in the background and a foreground filled with numerous figures lying on the ground in various poses of distress. In the bottom left corner, a television set displays a pair of lips, and the text "Aids won't wait, the enemy is here not in Kuwait" is written below the image. The artist's signature, "Sue Coe '90," is visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
1990

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photoetching

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 18 13/16in. (33.2 × 47.8 cm) Image: 10 1/2 × 13 5/8in. (26.7 × 34.6 cm)

Accession number
91.40

Edition
27/85Edition: 83

Publication
Printed and published by Steve Murray; published by Sue Coe

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Kirby Gookin

Rights and reproductions
© 1990 Sue Coe

API
artworks/7749

Exhibitions

Sue Coe
20 works in the collection, 4 exhibitions

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