The Sucking Infant Lives to Die in Battle; The Weeping Mother Feeds Him for the Slaughter

Jacob Landau

Caption

Jacob Landau (American, 1917–2001). The Sucking Infant Lives to Die in Battle; The Weeping Mother Feeds Him for the Slaughter, 1979. Lithograph, Sheet: 33 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (85.1 x 67.3 cm) Image: 26 1/16 x 19 1/2 in. (66.2 x 49.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Community Committee of the Brooklyn Museum, 2000.134.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

The Sucking Infant Lives to Die in Battle; The Weeping Mother Feeds Him for the Slaughter

Date

1979

Medium

Lithograph

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 33 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (85.1 x 67.3 cm) Image: 26 1/16 x 19 1/2 in. (66.2 x 49.5 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right in pencil: "Jacob Landau"

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower left to lower center in pencil: "The Sucking Infant Lives to Die in Battle; The Weeping Mother Feeds Him for the Slaughter"

Credit Line

Gift of the Community Committee of the Brooklyn Museum

Accession Number

2000.134

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