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Zero Dollar

Zero Dollar

Artist/Maker (Brazilian, b. 1948)
Date1978–84
MediumOffset lithograph
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 2 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (6.7 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cristina Delgado (OC 1980) and Stephen F. Olsen (OC 1979)
Object number2013.62.1
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Cildo MeirelesMore Information
In Zero Dollar, Meireles wittily subverts the economic power of the United States through the creation of his own counterfeit currency. The image of George Washington from the one dollar bill is replaced with an Uncle Sam, while Fort Knox is depicted on the verso.
ProvenanceCristina Delgado and Stephen F. Olsen, Brooklyn, NY; by gift 2013 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Latin American and Latino Art at the Allen
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 2, 2014 - June 28, 2015 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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