About This Item

  • TitleAmerican pride.
  • Call NumberVETS_0120
  • Cite AsNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryDrawings of artist in civilian, military dress. Artwork made for project: American, veteran, me, 2012, in response to the prompt: Draw what you looked like prior to military service. Exhibition label: American pride by Chris Tyrell, cardboard, paper and drawing, 20 H x 30 W inches, 2012. The self-portraits of Afghanistan Veteran Chris Tyrell are placed against the American Flag. He indicates “In civilian life I was laid back with no sense of direction. The military provided me with discipline.” “Then and Now” by Warren McGill, Cardboard, Paper and Drawing, 30 “W x 20 “H, 2012
  • Date2012
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, color
  • Genrecollages (visual works)drawings (visual works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorChris, Tyrell
  • SubjectVeterans--United States ; Afghan War, 2001- --Veterans--United States; Self-portraits
  • CollectionVeterans Creative Arts Program collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program