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Maker(s):Coe, Sue
Culture:English (1951 - )
Title:They Cut Off Their Hands So They Couldn't Vote; from the series, The Tragedy of War
Date Made:2000
Type:Print
Materials:etching and aquatint printed in red and black on wove paper
Place Made:United States; New York
Measurements:sheet: 15 in x 22 1/8 in; 38.1 cm x 56.1975 cm; plate: 11 13/16 in x 17 11/16 in; 30.00375 cm x 44.92625 cm
Narrative Inscription:  edition in pencil at lower left: 19; titled in pencil at center: They cut off their hands so they couldn't vote; signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Sue Coe 2000
Accession Number:  SC 2006.4.4
Credit Line:Gift of Sue Coe
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
many cut-off hands scattered over red ground with large, emaciated frightened female coyote with tail between legs and open mouth in center foreground; social commentary; political activism

Subjects:
Etching; Aquatint

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