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Holy Robes: One Day as a Thousand Years
Holy Robes: One Day as a Thousand Years

Holy Robes: One Day as a Thousand Years

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  • from the Atlanta School of Art Faculty Suite 1972
Artist (American, 1939 - 2016)
Date1972
ClassificationsPrint
MediumOffset lithograph
DimensionsObject: 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1975.098.4
[Figures in white robes]
[Figures in white robes]
Dong Kingman
1950
"A few years ago a contribution of a hundred thousand dollars would have been a cinch ...How's that for inflation?"
"A few years ago a contribution of a hundred thousand dollars would have been a cinch ...How's that for inflation?"
Mary Petty
1944
"The alternative? I understand it's a ten-thousand-dollar fine and five years in prison. We'd get out around 1949."
"The alternative? I understand it's a ten-thousand-dollar fine and five years in prison. We'd get out around 1949."
Mary Petty
1944
"Best think tank in the country, and their conclusion after two years, thousands of dollars, and millions of words is "God only knows!"
"Best think tank in the country, and their conclusion after two years, thousands of dollars, and millions of words is "God only knows!"
Alan Dunn
1968
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."
"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."
Alan Dunn
1941
A banana split has one banana, three lumps of ice milk, crushed pineapple, strawberries, chocolate syrup and whipped cream. In two days of our forty-nine cent special, we sold five thousand splits. Businessmen want a pretty face at the counter and counter girls have personality to deal with the public.
A banana split has one banana, three lumps of ice milk, crushed pineapple, strawberries, chocolate syrup and whipped cream. In two days of our forty-nine cent special, we sold five thousand splits. Businessmen want a pretty face at the counter and counter girls have personality to deal with the public.
Bill Owens
1976, printed 2006
In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...
In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...
Mary Petty
1947
"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."
"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."
Mary Petty
1947
Classroom. Fifteen years, seven years, and a convict teacher, fifteen years
Classroom. Fifteen years, seven years, and a convict teacher, fifteen years
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011
Age 18, six years, theft; Age 18, three years, burglary; Age 18, four years, forgery
Age 18, six years, theft; Age 18, three years, burglary; Age 18, four years, forgery
Danny Lyon
1968/1969, printed later
New Years Shopping at Jimbocho
New Years Shopping at Jimbocho
Fuko Ito
2016