The Last T Cell
1993
20th century
61.5 cm x 49.2 cm (24 3/16 in. x 19 3/8 in.)
Eric Avery
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1948 - )
Printer
Eric Avery
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1948 - )
Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
North America, American
Medium and Support:
Relief photo-engraving and linocut over monotype with bleeded handwork
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Karen G. and Dr. Elgin W. Ware, Jr. Collection, 1996
Accession Number:
1996.115
This print presents the link between the emotional and physical realities of the AIDS patients that Avery treated as a psychiatrist. The Last T Cell refers to the stage of the AIDS epidemic when patients’ T-cell counts kept dropping to the point where the remaining T cells would be given names.