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Joe Tilson, 1928–2023, British, The Shield of Achilles, 1990
- Title:
- The Shield of Achilles
- Date:
- 1990
- Materials & Techniques:
- Screenprint, woodcut, and silver leaf on thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Image: 47 1/4 × 35 1/2 inches (120 × 90.2 cm), Frame: 58 × 45 5/8 × 1 1/4 inches (147.3 × 115.9 × 3.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "37/45"
Signed and dated in graphite, lower right: "Tilson 1990"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Fredric Finkelstein, Yale BA 1963
- Copyright Status:
- © Estate of the Artist
- Accession Number:
- B2018.11.2
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- abstract art | Greek mythology | religious and mythological subject | shield
- Associated People:
- Achilles
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:75897
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