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Newark
196872 1/8 x 42 in. (183.2 x 106.7 cm)
Philip Morsberger
United States
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund; General Acquisitions Fund
Accession Number:
1971.10
Location: Not currently on view
Philip Morsberger painted Newark as a companion piece to his 1964 painting titled, November 22, 1963, of President Kennedy's assassination (now in the collection of The Butler Institute of American Art). Although painted four years apart, the artist was consciously depicting what he saw as two assassinations - both of unarmed men, shot to death. While the Kennedy painting was derived from the famous film of the President’s assassination captured by Anthony Zapruder, the Newark painting was derived from Life Magazine photos of the shooting of a man caught looting during the Newark riots of 1967. Morsberger arranged the sequencing of images in Newark in an effort to mimic that of November 22, 1963, modifying the imagery of the actual photographs in order to heighten the similarities.
Provenance
Purchased by the Gallery from the 1970 Jurors Award Show
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- 1970 Jurors' Award Show 1/9/1971 - 2/7/1971
- 1968: You Say You Want a Revolution 12/5/2003 - 2/15/2004
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Le Mense, Monserrat. Article Title: In Pop Style, Grim Frames from our Past. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Art Conservator. Williamstown Art Conservation Center, 2006. Volume Number: 4, Issue Number: 1. Issue Date: Spring 2009. Page Number: 14-15
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