Copyright %C2%A9 Adam Helms%2C published by Highpoint Editions
Untitled Portrait, 2009
Photogravure on gampi chine collé paperexpand_more
Highpoint Editions Archive, The Friends of Bruce B. Dayton Acquisition Fund and the Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fundexpand_more 2020.85.51
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In this engraved photographic print, Adam Helms repurposed a widely reproduced portrait of the Argentinean Marxist revolutionary and Cuban government official Ernesto “Che” Guevara (1928–1967), who for many was a socialist hero. Che’s familiar visage was a symbol of rebellion and cultural icon within the youth-oriented countercultures of the 1960s and ’70s, and Helms fittingly designed his print to resemble a banner or flag. More than merely a portrait of a man, the image serves as an ideological emblem recognized by millions around the world.
See 2021.58.193.3 for the copper printing plate for this print.
Details
- Title
- Untitled Portrait
- Artist Life
- American, born 1974
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2020.85.51
- Provenance
- Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis (publisher); sold to MIA, 2020.
- Curator Approved
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Copyright © Adam Helms, published by Highpoint Editions