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Lessons in American History

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 number2024.9.104.4
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DescriptionA man in lace-up shoes, striped trousers, a lopsided jacket, a white shirt and thin black tie stands on a tile floor, pointing to zeros on the blackboard behind him with his proper right arm. He is seen in three-quarter view facing left.Provenance
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Man As Fighting Machine
James Dean Pruner
1984
2024.9.104.5
Henry Ford and His Big American Dream Machine
James Dean Pruner
1984
2024.9.104.3
Temptation to Sell the Soul
James Dean Pruner
1984
2024.9.104.6
Dinner for Dollars at the Third World Café
James Dean Pruner
1984
2024.9.104.2
Buying a Ticket on the Ship of Fools
James Dean Pruner
1984
2024.9.104.1
Location of Zeros 2
Thomas F. Barrow
1981
2014.57.3
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1995
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James Rosenquist
1983
F84-35 A-C
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Bryan Haynes
2015
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Empress Jingū
Ōki Heizō IV
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2022.39.14.1-7
Opa & Oma
Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton
1990
2024.9.84
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Nicholas "Nick" Bubash
1998
2023.40.5