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Boston Massacre Reboot Project with Crispus Attucks
Printed by: Bob Tomolillo (American, born in 1952)
After: Paul Revere, Jr. (American, 1734–1818)
Printed at: Artists for Humanity, Boston
After: Paul Revere, Jr. (American, 1734–1818)
Printed at: Artists for Humanity, Boston
2020
Medium/Technique
Engraving, photogravure, with hand coloring
Dimensions
Platemark: 20.3 × 22.9 cm (8 × 9 in.)
Sheet: 35.6 × 35.2 cm (14 × 13 7/8 in.)
Framed: 40.6 × 54.6 cm (16 × 21 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 35.6 × 35.2 cm (14 × 13 7/8 in.)
Framed: 40.6 × 54.6 cm (16 × 21 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Bob Tomolillo
Accession Number2020.364
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionConcept by Bob Tomolillo, January 2020, based on the 2003 reprinting from Revere's original plate. An image of Crispus Attucks, engraved by Tomolillo, was digitally inserted into a photograph of the 2003 printing. A copperplate photogravure was made by Paul Taylor of Renaissance Press, and printed and hand colored by Tomolillo.
No. 33 of an edition of 500.
No. 33 of an edition of 500.
Provenance2020, gift of Bob Tomolillo, Lynn, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 25, 2020)