Black and white print of a sleeping man in a dark uniform and cap seated on a train. Above, a translucent matching figure handles a butterfly. Faint, overlapping images of insects and a snake float nearby transit signs.

Sadist

Artist Lamar Baker (American, 1908 - 1994)

Date1937

MediumLithograph

Dimensionssheet: 19 1/8 x 15 7/8 in. (48.6 x 40.3 cm)
image: 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (35.2 x 27.6 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Hiram and Avonell Williams, by exchange with the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, in memory of Lamar Baker

Object number1997.31.26

Collections

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Visual DescriptionBlack and white print of a sleeping man in a dark uniform and cap seated on a train. Above, a translucent matching figure handles a butterfly. Faint, overlapping images of insects and a snake float nearby transit signs.

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