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Like a Thief in the Night

2010

Trenton Doyle Hancock

Associated Names

Trenton Doyle Hancock

Artist, American, born 1974

Graphicstudio

Publisher

The image shows abstract shapes and lines with a large pink circular shape on a dark background. In the center, there is the impression of a figure bending over with exaggerated proportions. A pair of cartoonish eyes peek over the figure’s shoulder. In the foreground, there is a white structure resembling a helmet or mask with closed eyes cut into its surface, and a sword-like object stuck into the ground.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color etching and aquatint on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida
Dimensions

plate: 10 × 10.16 cm (3 15/16 × 4 in.)
sheet: 33.02 × 30.48 cm (13 × 12 in.)
Accession Number

2012.101.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 2012 directly from Graphicstudio U.S.F, Tampa, Florida.

Associated Names

Graphicstudio

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: PRES 2/2; lower center: "LIKE A THEIF IN THE NIGHT", lower right: TRENTON DOYLE HANCOCK 2010

Wikidata ID

Q76561162

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