Object number2006.21.5

Jasim was in a Cage

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the Amman Portfolio

Date2006

Artist Daniel Heyman (American, 1963-)

Printer C.R. Ettinger Studio (Philadelphia, founded 1982)

CultureAmerican

MediumDrypoint on Rives BFK paper

EditionEdition 7 of 30

DimensionsPlate: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in. (40 x 30 cm)
Sheet: 27 1/16 x 22 5/8 in. (68.8 x 57.5 cm)

Credit LinePurchase with funds given by Christian Draz, class of 1975, in protest of the Iraq war

On View

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Period20th c

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SignedOn recto, signed lower right in pencil: Daniel Heyman

InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right in pencil: 2006; lower left: 7/30

MarkingsOn recto, embossed lower right corner [within a circle]: CRE

ProvenancePurchased from the artist

Label TextFrom a suite of 8 prints depicting portraits of former Iraqi detainees from Abu Ghraib Prison. The basis for the prints were from drawings made in March 2006 in Amman, Jordan. Each print contains the spoken testimony given by the subjects during interviews.

DescriptionA profile outline and minimal details of a man from the chest up wearing a suit and placing his left hand on his chin. Crowded around him are the words above: JASIM WAS IN A CAGE FOR TEN DAYS A METAL CAGE HE WAS NOT / ALLOWED TO STAND HE WAS HOODED FOR TEN DAYS / WHEN A FATHER WAS FORCED TO BURRY HIS 18 YEAROLD / SON IN A HOLE 1/2 A METER DEEP THAT THEY BOTH DUG / AND THEN THE SON WAS FOCED TO LIE DOWN IN THE HOLE / THE SOLDIERS WERE LAUGHING THE PRISONERS WERE CRYING / THS SON STAYED IN THE HOLE COVERED WITH DIRT FOR / 1 HOUR THE SON & FATHER AND JASIM THOUGHT THE SON WOULD / DIE;
words to the right of the figure: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN, 70, IN PRISON WITH JASIM WHO ASK- / ED FOR WATER, AND THEY GAVE HIM A BOTTLE FILLED WITH PISS / A US SOLDIER, BLACK, KEPT SAYING "GUANTANAMO BAY" AND / DRAGGING HIS FINGER ACROSS HIS THROAT;
words to the left of the figure: THE TRANSLATOR TOLD HIM "YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE INSURGENTS" / AND THEN THE TRANS. & THE INTERROGATOR PUT HIM ANGAINTS THE / WALL AND HIT HIM BEHIND THE HEAD AND KICKED HIM ON THE LEGS / FOR FOUR HOURS AND TWO DAYS / LATER ANOTHER INTERROGATION

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