id:			375543
accession number:	2020.94
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.94
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:27.895000

Bonehead, 1953. Leon Albert Golub (American, 1922–2004). Lithograph; image: 39.5 x 31.2 cm (15 9/16 x 12 5/16 in.); sheet: 45.7 x 33.7 cm (18 x 13 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mark Soppeland 2020.94 ©  The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

title:				Bonehead
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creation date:			1953
creation date earliest:		1953
creation date latest:		1953
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creditline:			Gift of Mark Soppeland
copyright:			©  The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	lithograph
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Leon Albert Golub (American, 1922–2004)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 39.5 x 31.2 cm (15 9/16 x 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45.7 x 33.7 cm (18 x 13 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Inscribed beneath image “Betty 6 toes if not more”
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	inscription:	signed “Golub”, lower right.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Leon Golub [1922-2004] (the artist)
	date: 1953
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	Jack and Irene Oppenheim, New York, NY
	date: 1950s
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	By descent to Mark Soppeland, Beachwood, OH
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 2, 2020
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fun fact:
The inscription, “Betty Six Toes if Not More” below the image is not the title of the print but rather a humorous and nonsensical phrase added by the artist.

digital description:
This print by the artist Leon Golub is among the first lithographs he made while living in Chicago with his wife, the artist Nancy Spero, after they both graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1949. The lithograph features a contorted human face and body in keeping with Golub’s interest in male aggression and vulnerability throughout his career.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Yood, James, et al. Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago, 1935-1995. Evanston: Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, 1996
	page number: 	no. 56
	url:		

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