Marie Porter
Other
15.0 x 18.0 cm
Museum of Fine Arts
ロバート・プリスマン(1965 –)
ロバート・プリスマン(1965年生)は、死刑制度や記憶といった暗い社会政治的テーマを挑発的な絵画で探求するイギリス人アーティスト。V&A美術館やロイヤル・コレクションにも作品が収蔵されています。
Museum of Fine Arts(Tallahassee, United States of America)
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37-year-old Marie Porter was the first woman to die in the electric chair in Illinois and only the second woman to be executed there.She had ordered the murder of her brother, William Kappan on the 13th July 1937, in Belleville, Illinois, after he had refused to make Marie the sole beneficiary of his $3,300 life insurance policy. Marie hired 22-year-old Angelo Giancola, allegedly her lover, and his 20-year old brother John Giancola to help her. At trial in St. Clair Circuit Court, Angelo Giancola admitted firing the fatal shots and Marie was subsequently convicted of conspiracy to murder. Angelo was convicted of 1st degree murder.Marie Porter was electrocuted at the Southern Illinois State Penitentiary in Chester on the 28th January 1938.
作品詳細
- 作品名: Marie Porter
- 作家: ロバート・プリスマン
- 作品サイズ: 15.0 x 18.0 cm
- 著作権の状態: 著作権保護対象
- 展示場所: Museum of Fine Arts
- 動勢: Other
- コーパスの文脈: 1930s , female agency – dark narrative
- キーワード: intense portrait” , serious portrait art , illinois execution art