Lot 675

Richard Hamilton 1970 original serigraph Kent State

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Richard Hamilton 1970 original serigraph Kent State

Estimate: $200 - $500

Current Bid: $125

(1 Bid)

by Concept Art Gallery
August 12, 2026 9:00 AM EDT
Live Auction
1031 S. Braddock Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA, US 15218

Hamilton, Richard (British/ London 1922-2011), Kent State, 1970, serigraph printed in colors, Image: 26.5 x 34.25, pencil signed and numbered 2836/5000. Printer: Dietz Offizin, Lengmoos, Bavaria, Publisher: Dorothea Leonhart , Munich. Sheey 28.25 x 40.25inches, unframed. Munich publisher Dorothea Leonhart invited Richard Hamilton to produce a print in a huge edition of several thousand impressions. Strongly against America's involvement in Vietnam, Hamilton decided to take advantage of the broad reach of this mass edition and chose his subject to create an indictment of the war. Kent State shows a fallen student who was wounded in the controversial 1970 altercation between the National Guard and anti-Vietnam-War demonstrators at Kent State University in Ohio. Four other students were killed in the incident. Hamilton, one of the most inventive artists to incorporate photographic imagery in his work, created this print from a still photograph taken of a television screen during a BBC broadcast of the tragic event.

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