Love is a Form of Death

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series a-Historical landscapes

Date2023

Artist Jean-Marc Superville Sovak (Canadian, born 1976)

CultureCanadian, American

MediumTwo monoprints on inkjet paper, mounted to board

DimensionsImage (Each): 12 7/8 x 19 in. (32.7 x 48.3 cm)
Support: 14 13/16 x 40 13/16 in. (37.7 x 103.7 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange

On View

On view

Period21st c

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InscribedOn recto of each, printed lower margin: T. Creswick after a sketch by Mr. Bartlett. J. T. Willmore

DescriptionTwo reproductions of a print of the Connecticut river with small vessels floating down it and Mount Tom visible in the background. In the foreground of the print art two figures along a wooden fence and a few more in the background.

Overlaid atop the left print, but in the manner as to appear the same, is a repeated kneeling Black man clasps his hands together and looks upward. Standing in front of him is a repeated Black woman with her hands outstretched.

Overlaid atop the left print in the same manner as above is the same Black man as above, however his head as been severed from his body and a stream of, presumably, blood sends his head skyward.

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