The "Internationalists" Are to Make the World All One Millennium - (Chaos)

1878

Thomas Nast

Associated Names
Thomas Nast

Artist, American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902

The image features an array of jagged lines and sparkling points of light forming an abstract network. The largest shape resembles a skull, with dark clouds swirling behind it. A crescent moon is partially obscured by clouds in the upper left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Donald and Nancy deLaski Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.94 × 23.5 cm (11 × 9 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 41.59 × 29.85 cm (16 3/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.3.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired in 2013 from The Old Print Shop, New York.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

caption in letterpress, lower center: THE "INTERNATIONALISTS" ARE TO MAKE THE WORLD ALL ONE MILLENNIUM-(CHAOS); signed in block, lower right: Th. Nast.

Wikidata ID

Q76561240

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