Satire: A Species of Poetry in which Contemporary Vice and Folly are Held Up to Ridicule

Amy Sillman; Jef Scharf

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Amy Sillman American, Detroit, MI, born 1955; Jef Scharf American, born 1969. Satire: A Species of Poetry in which Contemporary Vice and Folly are Held Up to Ridicule, 1999. Etching on paper, sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 in. (28.6 x 22.9 cm) image: 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (14.9 x 9.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Lower East Side Printship in honor of Marilyn Kushner, 1999.119.4. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.119.4_PS20.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Satire: A Species of Poetry in which Contemporary Vice and Folly are Held Up to Ridicule

Date

1999

Medium

Etching on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 in. (28.6 x 22.9 cm) image: 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (14.9 x 9.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed and dated lower right in graphite: "S & S 99"

Credit Line

Gift of the Lower East Side Printship in honor of Marilyn Kushner

Accession Number

1999.119.4

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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