Man as a Fighting Machine, James Dean Pruner

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James Dean Pruner, Man as a Fighting Machine
James Dean Pruner, Man as a Fighting Machine
James Dean Pruner
Man as a Fighting Machine
1984
James Dean Pruner
1951–1987 or 1988
Man as a Fighting Machine, 1984
Portfolio/Series title: Man as Machine
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: lithograph
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 218 x 155 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 356 x 288 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 9/16 x 6 1/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 1/2 x 11 5/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund
Accession number: 1991.0048.04
Not on display
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Archive Label 2003 (version 1): After studying art at Fort Hays State University in the early 1970s, Pruner became an independent artist based at his Stafford County farm. Pruner’s Man as Machine portfolio recounts his experiences with street people and civic authorities while he was on the road in Los Angeles in 1983. The portfolio was printed at Lawrence lithography Workshop. Pruner has become something of a cult figure in Kansas, due in part to his reclusive lifestyle and mysterious death in 1987. Archive Label 2003 (version 2): After studying art at Fort Hays State University in the early 1970s, Pruner became an independent artist based at his Stafford County, Kansas, farm. Pruner’s Man as Machine portfolio recounts his experiences with street people and civic authorities while he was on the road in Los Angeles in 1983