Lynching Scene

Benny Andrews American

1967

Not on view

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Title: Lynching Scene
Artist: Benny Andrews (American, Plainview, Georgia 1930–2006 New York)
Date: 1967
Medium: Ink and cut and pasted paper on paper
Dimensions: 14 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (37.8 × 26 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, by exchange, 1991
Object Number: 1991.265.1
Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of Benny Andrews
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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