Zero Dollar
Artist/Maker
Cildo Meireles
(Brazilian, b. 1948)
Date1978–84
MediumOffset lithograph
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 2 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (6.7 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cristina Delgado (OC 1980) and Stephen F. Olsen (OC 1979)
Object number2013.62.1
Status
Not on viewIn Zero Dollar, Meireles wittily subverts the economic power of the United States through the creation of his own counterfeit currency. The image of George Washington from the one dollar bill is replaced with an Uncle Sam, while Fort Knox is depicted on the verso.
Exhibition History
Latin American and Latino Art at the Allen
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 2, 2014 - June 28, 2015 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
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1995
19th century