Song of the Shirt
Print
Song of the Shirt
1967
Offset lithographs
Image: 10 3/4 × 8 9/16 in. (27.3 × 21.8 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
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Inscriptions Printed on recto in red ink OA: [replica medical form]
Printed on recto in black ink TL: HEAR ME! \ THE WIND IS MY CLOTHING. \ HEAR ME! \ THE SUNLIGHT MY DRESS. \ I'YEHE' MY CHILDREN- \ MY CHILDREN, \ WE SHALL RENDER THEM DESOLATE!THE WHITE MEN ARE CRAZY-AHE'YUHE'YE! \ WE SHALL LIVE AGAIN. \ WE SHALL LIVE AGAIN. \ YOU SPEAK TO ME OF DANGERS i FACE, \ BUT I HAVE DECIDED. \ MY BROTHER'S CRYING STIRS MY WRATH, \ I GO FORTH TO STRIKE, TO FIGHT EVEN DEATH, \ SHOULD HE OPPOSE ME! \ YOU SPEAK TO ME OF DANGER, \ BUT I HAVE WILLED TO GO, MY FRIENDS \ .....
Inscribed on mount verso in pencil TRC: g.m \ 32.
Printed on recto in black ink TL: HEAR ME! \ THE WIND IS MY CLOTHING. \ HEAR ME! \ THE SUNLIGHT MY DRESS. \ I'YEHE' MY CHILDREN- \ MY CHILDREN, \ WE SHALL RENDER THEM DESOLATE!THE WHITE MEN ARE CRAZY-AHE'YUHE'YE! \ WE SHALL LIVE AGAIN. \ WE SHALL LIVE AGAIN. \ YOU SPEAK TO ME OF DANGERS i FACE, \ BUT I HAVE DECIDED. \ MY BROTHER'S CRYING STIRS MY WRATH, \ I GO FORTH TO STRIKE, TO FIGHT EVEN DEATH, \ SHOULD HE OPPOSE ME! \ YOU SPEAK TO ME OF DANGER, \ BUT I HAVE WILLED TO GO, MY FRIENDS \ .....
Inscribed on mount verso in pencil TRC: g.m \ 32.
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