From Scene of Three Murders

Julie Bozzi

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

The artist states, "This painting is from a group of on-site works of the same location, executed at the same time of day, sunset, over the period of one year. Together they function as a set of mug shots of the place where victims of three unrelated murders were found over the previous year. One evening, as I was painting in my car, a crowd of spectators began to gather along the levee across the road. With toddlers perched on their shoulders and small children jumping at their sides, parents elbowed for an unobstructed view of officials pulling the waterlogged body of a man, victim #4, from the Trinity River [outside Fort Worth, Texas]."

Caption

Julie Bozzi American, born 1943. From Scene of Three Murders, 1990. Oil on paper, 10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm) frame: 18 x 22 x 1 1/2 in. (45.7 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, John B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 1991.46. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1991.46_bw.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

From Scene of Three Murders

Date

1990

Medium

Oil on paper

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm) frame: 18 x 22 x 1 1/2 in. (45.7 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm)

Credit Line

John B. Woodward Memorial Fund

Accession Number

1991.46

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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