Kill or Be Killed
Artist
Harry Louis Freund
(American, 1905 - 1999)
Dateca. 1946
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 × 14 7/8 inches (29.85 × 37.77 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 20 inches (32.39 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 20 inches (32.39 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object numberF99-5/9
Signedu.l. reverse, pencil: "Louis Freund/Kill or Be Killed (c.1946)/lithograph/217.2"; l.r. front, pencil: "Louis Freund"; l.l. reverse, pencil: "L. Freund"
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DescriptionImage depicts two semi-nude men locked in mortal combat. One figure wields a knife. His hand is being restrained by the second figure who simultaneously gouges his face.Copyright© Louis and Elsie Freund Estate / Jerry Bedford
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