Double French Money
Date1966
Artist
Larry Rivers
(American painter, sculptor, 1925–2002)
Publisher
Multiples Inc.
MediumColor screen print on wove paper with screenprinted plexiglass and plexiglass collage
Dimensionssheet: 30 × 32 in. (76.2 × 81.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and contributions, 1975
Object number1975-75
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis unusual print, on paper and Plexiglass, is based on the two sides of a colorful French bank note, issued in 1958. Because the revaluation of the franc was in progress, the bills carried dual notations of 10,000 francs and 100 nouveaux francs.