Buying a Ticket on the Ship of Fools

Artist James Dean Pruner (American, 1951 - 1987)

Printer The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)

Date1984

MediumLithograph on paper

DimensionsImage: 9 × 6 inches (22.86 × 15.24 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 12 inches (38.1 × 30.48 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund and the Andrew Atterbury and Gwen Prentice Fund

Object number2024.9.104.1

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DescriptionOn the left, a fortune-teller’s booth with the logo of an open palm on the front, a triangle within a circle in the center of the palm. The fortune teller, a man, sits behind a 6-barred window. On the right, a man stands with his head bent, holding out a dollar bill; denomination unclear. A window or tent opening behind the man.Provenance

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