About This Item

  • TitleThere and back again.
  • Call NumberVETS_0112
  • Cite AsNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryDrawings of artist before and after military service, with collage elements. Artwork made for project: American, veteran, me, 2012, in response to the prompt: Draw what you looked like prior to military service. Exhibition label: There and back again by Jerome Hart, cardboard, paper and drawing, 20 H x 30 W inches, 2012. The beginning of Vietnam veteran Jerome Hart’s life was happy. He has been adjusting to life after combat and drawing on the early part of his life for inspiration. We see this image on the right side of the page indicating that he is hopeful that this will be his future. Stars and stripes surround the two images.
  • Date2012
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, color
  • Genrecollages (visual works)drawings (visual works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorHart, Jerome
  • 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