Hands Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2003:082.1 [item] [P&P]REPRODUCTION...

CALL NUMBER:Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2003:082.1 [item] [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-DIG-ppmsca-03309 (digital file from original)
LC-USZC4-11591 (color film copy transparency)
Publication may be restricted. For information see "Anita Kunz" ( showing several hands reaching up toward rays descending from the clouds, against a stark mountain landscape. Kunz created this poetically expressive painting as a conceptual response to an article about the global AIDS epidemic and possible treatments and cures for the disease. The viewer can easily infer multiple meanings in this highly metaphorical image. Of varied sizes and color, the cluster of different hands underscores the point that AIDS afflicts people of all races and ages, eroding their self reliance--as symbolized by each beseeching, outstretched hand. The miraculous rays of light toward which the hands expressively reach, however, signal hope for future treatments and cures.

MEDIUM:1 drawing on illustration board : watercolor, gouache, and collage over graphite ; 27.4 x 26.4 cm. (image)

CREATED/PUBLISHED:1996.

CREATOR:

Kunz, Anita, 1956- artist.

NOTES:

Title and date from inventory of gift.

Published in: Time, v. 148/149, no. 99/1 (1996 December 30-1997 January 6).

Illustration executed for an article concerning possible treatments or cures for AIDS.

Gift; Anita Kunz; 2003; (DLC/PP-2003:082).

Exhibited: "Canadian Counterpoint : Illustrations by Anita Kunz" in the Swann Gallery, Library of Congress, 2003-2004.

Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2003:082.1

SUBJECTS:

Hands--1990-2000.
Raising hands--1990-2000.

FORMAT:

Periodical illustrations 1990-2000.
Collages 1990-2000.
Watercolors 1990-2000.
Drawings 1990-2000.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(original) ppmsca 03309
(color film copy transparency) cph 3g11591

CARD #:2003668474

Pop Art Machine Code: ppmsca-03300-03309