Elizabeth Duncan
Other
15.0 x 18.0 cm
Museum of Fine Arts
Robert Priseman (1965 –)
Robert Priseman (f. 1965) är en brittisk konstnär som utforskar mörka socio-politiska teman som dödsstraff och minne i provokativa målningar. Visas på V&A, Royal Collection.
Museum of Fine Arts (Tallahassee, United States of America)
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Elizabeth Ann Duncan, also known as Ma Duncan, was born in 1904.In November 1957 she moved in with her son Frank, in Santa Barbara, California. A few months later Frank met Olga Kupcyzk. Elizabeth demanded he end the relationship and when he refused she threatened to kill Olga. On learning Olga was pregnant Elizabeth hired Luis Moya and Augustine Baldonado to kill her. Moya and Baldonado visited Olga’s apartment on the 18th November, repeatedly hit her about the head, then drove the body to the Casitas damn and buried her. Olga’s body was discovered on the 21st December, when Baldonado led police to the grave, after being arrested on unrelatedcharges. Elizabeth came to trial on the 24th February 1959 where she pleaded not guilty for reasons of insanity. However, she was found sane and convicted of first-degree murder.Elizabeth Duncan was executed in San Quentin’s gas chamber on 8th August 1962.
Om detta konstverk
- Titel: Elizabeth Duncan
- Konstnär: Robert Priseman
- Ursprungliga mått: 15.0 x 18.0 cm
- Upphovsrättsligt skydd: Upphovsrättsskyddat
- Plats för visning: Museum of Fine Arts
- Rörelse: Other
- Kreativ period: Contemporary
- Nyckelord: serial killer art , 1950s horror art , black and white art