Blanton Museum of Art - The Last T Cell

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.

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This object is a member of the following portfolios:

American Prints - Contemporary

Prints - Contemporary

The Human Condition