About This Item

  • TitleThen and now.
  • Call NumberVETS_0132
  • Cite AsNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryDrawing of artist in uniform, and family. Foliage refers to serving in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Artwork made for project: American, veteran, me, 2012, in response to the prompt: Draw what you looked like prior to military service. Exhibition label: Then and now by Warren McGill, cardboard, paper and drawing, 20 H x 30 W inches, 2012. Mr. McGill was a squad leader for the army in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He presents himself in his uniform. While in the military, he got married and had a child. He puts foliage around the border of his picture because he was stationed in a rural area and he found this interesting. He had grown up in New York City.
  • Date2012
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, color
  • Genrecollages (visual works)drawings (visual works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorMcGill, Warren
  • SubjectVeterans--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