The Last T Cell
Primary
Eric Avery
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1948–present, San Ygnacio, Texas)
Printer
Eric Avery
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1948–present, San Ygnacio, Texas)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1993
MediumRelief photo-engraving and linocut over monotype with bleeded handwork
DimensionsSheet: 24 3/16 × 19 3/8 in. (61.5 × 49.2 cm)
Image: 24 3/16 × 19 3/8 in. (61.5 × 49.2 cm)
Image: 24 3/16 × 19 3/8 in. (61.5 × 49.2 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Karen G. and Dr. Elgin W. Ware, Jr. Collection, 1996.115
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1996.115
On View
Not on viewThis 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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