$ Crash

Date1974

Artist Peter J. Minchell (German, 1889-1984)

CultureGerman

MediumWatercolor and black ink on paper

DimensionsSheet: 20 x 25 3/4 in. (50.8 x 65.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Pat O’Brien Parsons, class of 1951

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Signed(recto, LL, black ink) Peter Minchell 1974; (recto, LR, black ink) November 1974

Inscribed(recto, LL, black ink) Moses hands down the 10 commandments The first one stands broken by ever since by Jew and Gentile alike. Is the day of reckoning at hand????; (recto, LC, black ink) Money changers are driven from Temple by Christ in 12 dy rage; (recto, LC, black ink) Conquistadores sacking Inca-Temples siglo 15 + 16 A.D. "GOLD" De Oro"; (recto, CR, black ink) WALL Street 1975. . . (see object); (recto, LR, black ink) What has become of the GoLDEN-CALF That The WorLd has worshipped for all their centurys??? OMINOUS CLOUDS are hanging over The financial Horizon now!; (recto, LR, pencil) illegible incription almost entirely erased, ending in 2000T. 2500; (handscribed in pen on backing board): M.H. GJersich / 54 Mary Lane / Riverside Conn 637-4024; (sticker on backing board): Silvermine Guild of Artists

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