Death by Suffocation
1966
Art Green American, born 1941
United States
Intrigued by the religious images around his neighborhood, Green used his art to imagine a post-apocalyptic time in which survivors treasure relics from the past. Green based the central figure in Death by Suffocation on a photograph published in Time magazine of Robert McNamara, who as secretary of defense was one of the primary architects behind America’s disastrous involvement in the Vietnam conflict.
Etching, drypoint, and roulette in black on ivory wove paper