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Robot-like figure composed of vintage televisions with handwritten notes against a bright yellow background.

Prints

Robespierre...Does the Revolution Justify the Violence

Nam June Paik

1989

Medium
Lithograph, photoetching, aquatint, and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (irregular): 29 13/16 × 22 1/4 in. (75.7 × 56.5 cm) Image: 27 1/2 × 20 5/8 in. (69.9 × 52.4 cm)
Accession number
94.46.6
Acquired
1994
Credit line
Purchase
Reproduction credit
© Nam June Paik Estate
Edition
49/64 | I-VIII APs, 2 PPs, 2 Publisher's Proofs, 2 Shop Proofs
Publication
Printed by Mark Patsfall Graphics; published by Carl Solway Gallery
Department
collection

About this work

Nam June Paik, Robespierre...Does the Revolution Justify the Violence, 1989. Lithograph, photoetching, aquatint, and engraving, sheet (irregular): 29 13/16 × 22 1/4 in. (75.7 × 56.5 cm) Image: 27 1/2 × 20 5/8 in. (69.9 × 52.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 94.46.6. © Nam June Paik Estate

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