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The subject of this work is a bit dark. Tom Waits’s bleak song “Misery Is the River of the World” (2002) inspired its title and imagery: “Misery is the river of the world/Everybody row! Everybody row!”
Made as the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, River of Love . . . or Tears references the artist’s and the nation’s bitter mood. Larimore considers this sculpture an important bridge to his more recent work, which is couched in deeper and more serious subjects.
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| Title: | River of Love. . .or Tears |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Artist: | Jack Larimore (American, born 1950) |
| Medium: | Ash, Douglas fir, steel, bronze |
| Dimensions: | 48 × 44 × 20 inches (121.9 × 111.8 × 50.8 cm) |
| Classification: | Sculpture |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Charles and Margo Todd, 2019 |
| Accession Number: | 2019-99-1 |
| Geography: | Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America |
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