Ebola and Christ

Series TitleNewspaper Diary

Artist Joanne Leonard (American, born 1940)

DateOctober 10, 2014

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage: 11 5/8 × 18 7/16 inches (29.54 × 46.79 cm)
Sheet: 12 15/16 × 19 inches (32.84 × 48.26 cm)

Credit LineGift of Joanne Leonard

Object number2017.41.3

SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “[signature] / signed 2017”.

InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: “Ebola & Christ, 2014 (Newspaper Diary Series)”

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DescriptionImage of an open book with a reproduction of a painting depicting a post-crucified Christ surrounded by figures with halos and others kneeling below him; two others remain on crucifixes behind him as sun sets in the sky. On the opposite page, a newspaper clipping from the New York Times features an image of figures in full body suits lowering a body bag onto an orange stretcher above a hole in the ground. Men with facemasks and shovels stand behind them near a tree lined forest.Provenance

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Joanne Leonard, Ann Arbor, Michigan;

her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2017.

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