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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Artist Harry Louis Freund (American, 1905 - 1999)
Date1946
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsSheet: 17 × 20 inches (43.18 × 50.8 cm)
Image: 14 1/2 × 17 3/4 inches (36.83 × 45.09 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object numberF99-5/1
Signedl.r. front, pencil: "Louis Freund"; l.r. reverse, pencil: "L.Freund"; u.l. reverse: "Louis Freund/Four Horsemen (1946)/lithograph/49.3"
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DescriptionFour horsemen in the sky moving right to left above a torrid battle scene. Below, in the combat arena are piles of bodies and fighting and falling figures. To the right are tanks and guns. At center is a helmeted soldier bayoneting or impaling a male figure.
Copyright© Louis and Elsie Freund Estate / Jerry Bedford
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