Leon Golub
American, 1922–2004
Combat
INV-3259
Leon Golub
American, 1922–20041964
paintingmodern and contemporary art
Date
1964
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
243.8 × 205 cm (96 × 80 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Darthea Speyer
A leading cultural and civil rights activist in the United States from the early 1960s until his death in 2004, Leon Golub consistently created works that addressed humanitarian issues. Here the artist placed monumental images of violence on public display, thereby compelling viewers to examine their own relationship to the brutality depicted.
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