Robert Lostutter
The Songs of War 16
2020
Graphite on paper.
11 x 8 inches (27.9 x 20.3 cm)
Gift of Mark and Judy Bednar.
Copyright © 2022 Robert Lostutter, Courtesy the Artist and Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, Photography by Tom VanEynde
2021.28:16
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The following poem was written by the artist as an accompaniment to The Songs of War: "The Songs of War," 2020 by Robert Lostutter "The human race goes off to war / with dancing hands and singing feet / and they return / if they come back at all / slashed and torn in mind and bone / Let then / the soft and quiet blanket of peace / pull itself over everything / Let then / each day by day / show and spread / its glorious and healing light".
Part of a collection of 19 drawings for Robert Lostutter's "The Songs of War" (2021.28:1-19).
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Mark and Judy Bednar.
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