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Things Have Tears and We Know Suffering

Joan Snyder American
Printer Chip Elwell American
Publisher Diane Villani Editions American
1983-1984
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Things Have Tears and We Know Suffering
  • Artist: Joan Snyder (American, born Highland Park, New Jersey, 1940)
  • Printer: Chip Elwell , New York
  • Publisher: Diane Villani Editions (New York, NY)
  • Date: 1983-1984
  • Medium: Woodcut, hand-inked by the artist
  • Dimensions: Image: 18 × 18 in. (45.7 × 45.7 cm)
    Sheet: 25 × 25 in. (63.5 × 63.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Diane Villani Editions, 2023
  • Object Number: 2023.293.1
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Joan Snyder
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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