Signed and numbered from an edition of 150. Centrefold as issued. From the series of twelve serigraph prints by Post-Abstract Expressionist, Larry Rivers. The Boston Massacre (1970), juxtaposes historical events that occurred two hundred years apart to re-examine the pursuit of civil liberties and personal freedom. Rivers loads his images with post-modern tension, simultaneously celebrating and undermining the iconic historical imagery that is his subject. Redcoats painted pink, erotically suggestive bayonets, and crossed-out codpieces all draw attention to Rivers’ immersion in 1970s gay camp, in addition to other social concerns of his time, including the civil rights struggle and Vietnam. Rivers looked to the famous engraving, The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, March 5, 1770, by silversmith Paul Revere. Stamped K 7569 verso.
