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Stan Washburn (American, b. 1943)

Hero, from the series A Moral Alphabet of Vice and Folly

Date: 1984
Medium: Etching
Object Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (41.28 x 37.47 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2002.008.01.09
Photo Credit: Jueqian Fang
A Hero was ceaselessly adored by beautiful women. “You must find all these attentions rather wearisome,” observed a bystander. “You must be balmy” replied the hero.
Moral: Bystanders get the strangest impressions.

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