Les Levine, b.1935
Sisters of a bomb victim removing sympathy notes from flowers sent by friends, 1979
This group of works is one of two series entitled ‘The Troubles: An Artist’s Document of Ulster’. The first is a group of 80 cibachrome photographs produced by Levine in 1972 while this suite comprises 18 photo-etchings made in 1979 from photographs taken in 1972. Both bodies of work were donated to IMMA by the artist.
| Medium | Etched on zinc; printed in black ink on white German etching paper |
| Dimensions | Unframed, 55.9 x 76.2 cm |
| Credit Line | IMMA Collection: Donated by the artist in memory of his sister June Levine, 2010 |
| Item Number | IMMA.3303.007 |
| Copyright | For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected]. |
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Artworks by Les Levine
Protestant women from Springmartin Estates, Belfast. “We are the ones who should get the sympathy.” Les Levine 1979
I.R.A. Funeral Les Levine 1979
Protestant mother from Springmartin Estates. “They try to shoot up at us every night of the week.” Les Levine 1979
Deery family of 13 (Catholic): Father dead, Mother shot in the thigh on ‘Bloody Sunday.’ Les Levine 1979
Mrs. Young (Catholic) is consoled by neighbours after hearing her son, John, was shot on ‘Bloody Sunday.’ Les Levine 1979
