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Maker(s):Biddle, George
Culture:American (1885-1973)
Title:Chorus of the Damned
Date Made:1961
Type:Painting
Materials:Oil on canvas
Measurements:Frame: 20 15/16 x 40 3/4 x 1 1/4 in; 53.2 x 103.5 x 3.2 cm; Canvas/Mount: 20 3/16 x 40 x 3/4 in; 51.3 x 101.6 x 1.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNAURE/DATE: recto, lwr. r. (scratched in paint): Biddle, 1961; SIGNATURE/NUMBER: verso, ctr. (red pencil): Biddle. | 938 (with box around); TITLE: cverso, tr. (black pencil): Chorus of The Damned; TITLE: verso, upp. r. (paper label): The Chorus of the Damned
Accession Number:  UM 1966.58
Credit Line:Gift of George Biddle
Museum Collection:  University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
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Description:
Head and shoulders of three figures with gruesome, skull-like faces with their mouths open and head and hands posed as if in despair.

Tags:
mourning; deaths; skulls; hands; singers; emotion

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