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Be Tender

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Michael Knigin

Michael Knigin

$12,000

American (1942–2011)

  • Date: 1991
  • Acrylic on Canvas on Board, signed and dated in pencil
  • Image Size: 47 x 57 inches
  • Size: 48 x 58 in. (121.92 x 147.32 cm)

$12,000

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about Be Tender

The cold stare of a child’s doll confronts a man with a gun, who’s image is contrasted to derive any real information about the subject.

Perhaps what Michael Knigin is conjuring here is the juxtaposition of innocence and the realities of growing up and becoming a man with a gun.

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About The Artist: Michael Knigin

Michael Knigin was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended and graduated from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. During his junior year, he was awarded a Ford Foundation Grant to study fine art lithography at the renowned Tamarind Lithography Workshop, in Los Angeles. After graduating college in 1966, Knigin started teaching at the Pratt Graphic Center in Manhattan, an extension of the Pratt Institute, devoted to fine arts and graphic...

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About The Medium: Acrylic

A fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints are water-soluble, but become water-resistant when dry.

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Be Tender

Michael Knigin

1991

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Michael Knigin

1991

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