Marie Porter
Other
15.0 x 18.0 cm
Museum of Fine Arts
Robertas Prisemanas (1965 –)
Robertas Prisemanas (g. 1965) – britų šalininkas, kurio provokuojantys paveikslai nagrinėja tamsias socio-politines temas, tokias kaip mirtinis skubantis ir atmintis. Rodomas V&A, Royal Collection kolekcijose.
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.
Apie šį kūrinį
- Pavadinimas: Marie Porter
- Autorius: Robertas Prisemanas
- Originalūs matmenys: 15.0 x 18.0 cm
- Autorinių teisių statusas: Saugoma autorinių teisių
- Kur galima pamatyti: Museum of Fine Arts
- Judėjimas: Other
- Kūrinio kontekstas: 1930s , female agency – dark narrative
- Raktažodžiai: intense portrait” , serious portrait art , illinois execution art