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Maker(s):Cohen, Adele
Culture:American (1922-2002)
Title:Icarus
Date Made:1970
Type:Drawing
Materials:Pencil and watercolor on Grumbacher Illustration board
Measurements:Overall: 20 in x 30 in x 1/16 in; 50.8 cm x 76.2 cm x .2 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr, r (graphite): Cohen ; EXHIBTION LABEL: verso, upp. l (taped on card with red ink): Title "ICARUS" SERIES Price $250.00 Artist ADELE COHEN Artist's Address 66 BURBANK (SNYDER) BUFFALO NEW YORK 14226
Accession Number:  UM 1971.31
Credit Line:Purchased with funds from the Fine Arts Council Grant
Museum Collection:  University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
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Description:
Icarus is the son of Daedalus who to escape imprisonment flies by means of artificial wings but falls into the sea and drowns when the wax of his wings melts as he flies too near the sun.

Tags:
abstract; mythology

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