Song of the Shirt
Print
Song of the Shirt
1967
Offset lithographs
Image: 10 9/16 × 7 13/16 in. (26.9 × 19.9 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
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Inscriptions Printed on recto in red ink BC: [replica medical form]
Printed in black ink on recto TC: THE SONG OF THE SHIRT \ HEAR MY SONG, \ HEAR ME STRIKE MY DRUM, \ THAT I MIGHT AROUSE THE FIRE WITHIN YOU! \ YOU WHO MIGHT THINK OF NOTHING, \ WHO MIGHT YET BE ASLEEP, \ COVERED BY THE CLOUDS OF NIGHT; \ MAY I NOT SING POORLY OR IN VAIN, \ MAY YOU HEAR THIS SONG OF WHITE \ AND SHINING DAWN \ POUNDED OUT UPON THE DRUM, \ OHE'! OHE'!
Inscribed on verso in pencil TRC: g.m \ 1.
Printed in black ink on recto TC: THE SONG OF THE SHIRT \ HEAR MY SONG, \ HEAR ME STRIKE MY DRUM, \ THAT I MIGHT AROUSE THE FIRE WITHIN YOU! \ YOU WHO MIGHT THINK OF NOTHING, \ WHO MIGHT YET BE ASLEEP, \ COVERED BY THE CLOUDS OF NIGHT; \ MAY I NOT SING POORLY OR IN VAIN, \ MAY YOU HEAR THIS SONG OF WHITE \ AND SHINING DAWN \ POUNDED OUT UPON THE DRUM, \ OHE'! OHE'!
Inscribed on verso in pencil TRC: g.m \ 1.
