War; Conflicts of Faith

Name/Title

War; Conflicts of Faith

Entry/Object ID

2025.5.14

Description

An intaglio; etching softground and aquatint print depicting people in a cemetery. There are the silhouettes of buildings and clock faces in the right of the image, with people standing with their heads bowed in the center, and gravestones and trees in the left.

Type of Print

Aquatint, Intaglio, Etching

Collection

Art Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Acquisition

Accession

2025.5

Source or Donor

Kristin Lindseth

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of the Artist

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kristin Lindseth

Role

Print Maker

Date made

1989

Time Period

20th Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription, Signature

Location

Below print image

Transcription

3/15 Krkitor {?} VII Kristin Lindseth-Gomez

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pencil

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Etching

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

16-1/4 in

Length

12-3/4 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

General Notes

Note Type

Artist’s Intent Note

Note

War; Conflicts of Faith, refers to the timeless use of religion to divide and conquer people. In this print a Catholic angel is seen rushing away with eyes covered against the horrors of war. Tilted and falling stones cover the bones of many generations of Jews, and memories of the Golum, a figure made of clay from Central European mythology who ran rampant through the streets of Prague uprooting trees and creating havoc as in war. The clock from Wenceslas Square refers to the many times that these things have occurred, around and around the circle of time.