Stan Washburn
(American,
b. 1943)
Lawyer, 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, 2002.008.01.13
Photo Credit:
Jueqian Fang
A Lawyer, newly arrived in Hell, discovered that his punishment was to declaim endlessly to a jury of imbeciles and a sleeping judge. “Except for the food,” he thought, “I would never have known I had died.”
Moral: Look around you.