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The Four Hands of the Apocalypse
Artist
Luis Cruz Azaceta
(Cuban-American, b. 1942)
Date1981
MediumAcrylic on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 72 1/8 x 59 3/4 inches (183.2 x 151.8 cm), frame: 72 7/8 x 60 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches (185.1 x 153.4 x 3.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer
Object number2019.28
ClassificationsPainting
Object NamePainting
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureCaribbean and North America
NationalityCuban-American
On View
On viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedbottom left corner: [monogram]AZACETA, verso top center: LUiS CRUZ AZACETA / [monogram]
Inscribedverso top right quadrant: ApRIL / JULY / JUNE -1981- #12, verso above center: SELF-PORTRAIT: / "THE FOUR / HANDS / OF THE / APOCALYPSE", verso has additional writing that has been crossed out
Exhibition HistoryPostwar Gallery (204), Palmer Museum of Art, January 7, 2026 – present.Published ReferencesJoyce Henri Robinson, ed., A Gift from the Heart: American Art from the Collection of James and Barbara Palmer (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013), 171 (ill.).