We owe it to the Free world not to Allow Brutal Forces to succeed. When the Rule of law Breaks down, the World takes a further Step towards Chaos.
1981–1983, printed 2015
Artist, British, born Germany, 1954
Karen Knorr
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 40.5 × 40.7 cm (15 15/16 × 16 in.)
sheet: 60.8 × 50.5 cm (23 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
mount: 60.8 × 50.5 cm (23 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2019.79.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Augusta Edwards Fine Art, London); NGA purchase, 2019.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower center in negative: We / owe it / to the Free world / not to Allow Brutal Forces / to succeed. When the Rule of law Breaks / down, the World takes a further Step towards Chaos.; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: 5/10 Karen Knorr / 2015