SCUDS
Artist
Tom Hück
(American, born 1971)
Printer
Michael Sims
(American, 1944)
Publisher
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date2011
MediumWoodcut on paper
DimensionsImage: 35 x 19 inches (88.9 x 48.26 cm)
Sheet: 39 1/2 x 23 inches (100.33 x 58.42 cm)
Sheet: 39 1/2 x 23 inches (100.33 x 58.42 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jane E. Ratcliffe Coakley and John L. Coakley Jr.
Object number2013.40
Signed8/36 pencil 11, SCUDS pencil l.center, signature in pencil l.r., 2011
InscribedTH l.r. in block
MarkingsTH 11-2 in pencil on reverse
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionLarge manned missile flying over earth surrounded by multiple figures sitting on additional projectiles. All part of a chaotic scene, in reds, black, and white. At left across bottom figure on missile, at center a crazed figure in papal headdress ascends from another missile and at lower right a figure walks on earth carrying a gun.Gallery LabelTom Hück’s tongue-in-cheek print reveals the absurdity of modern warfare. Taking its title from the infamously inaccurate ballistic missiles, SCUDS features a bevy of these Cold War weapons careening through space. They are piloted by an eccentric cast that includes a wild-eyed, serpent-tongued figure symbolizing Death.
Many artists printed repeatedly with The Lawrence Lithography Workshop, including Hück: “Mike [Sims] has been a great supporter of mine, knowing that my satirical prints are not always an easy sell. That means a lot: Mike cares about the art first.”
Copyright© Tom Huck
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