Skip to main content
  1. Art
  2. The Collection

Bush and Angela Merkel with Top Hats (Lecterns)

Joanne Leonard

Artwork Details

Bush and Angela Merkel with Top Hats (Lecterns)
2008
Joanne Leonard
inkjet print on paper
24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm);21 1/2 in x 32 in (54.61 cm x 81.28 cm)
Gift of the artist
2016/2.145

Description

Subject Matter:

The text accompanying the image reads: June 12, 2008, news photo: President Bush, who met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel...responds to Tehran's nuclear programs, Johannes Eisle, Reuters. Book reproduction: 'The Nursery 'Alice'' by Lewis Carroll and Sir John Tenniel (Mayflower Books, 1979).

Physical Description:

Image of a book lying open to a page featuring an illustration of the Mad Hatter's tea party from Alice in Wonderland. A newsclipping featuring a photo of George W. Bush and Angela Merkel lies on the book across the open page.  

Usage Rights:

If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.