Argument

Name/Title

Argument

Entry/Object ID

87-32-355

Type of Print

Etching

Made/Created

Artist

Nelson, Robert

Date made

1984

Time Period

20th Century

Edition

Edition Size

10

Edition Number

2

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Mat dimensions

Height

16 in

Width

20 in

Dimension Description

Image dimensions

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

9 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

(from 2016.Klassics for Kids) Robert A. Nelson American, b. 1925 Argument, 1984 etching According to legend, the Greeks had been able to subdue the half man/half bull Minotaur by feeding him fourteen youths every seven years. Theseus, who was half man and half god, killed the monster with a sword and put a stop to this atrocity. He was a hero, able to overcome a being much larger than himself. Theseus and Paul Bunyan were superheroes. Invent a superhero. What can he or she do?