Not the Feet of the One and Only
Primary
Eric Avery
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1948–present, San Ygnacio, Texas)
Printer
Eric Avery
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1948–present, San Ygnacio, Texas)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1993
MediumLinocut with bleeded handwork
DimensionsSheet: 24 3/16 × 19 1/8 in. (61.5 × 48.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Karen G. and Dr. Elgin W. Ware, Jr. Collection, 1996.116
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1996.116
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. Not the Feet of the One and Only is inspired by Avery’s own massaging of the feet of one of his first patients at a time when many AIDS workers worried about exposure to the disease. The patient had Kaposi’s sarcoma, a common AIDS-related skin cancer.
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