Maxwell’35

Airco Caravan

From the series ‘Weapon: Other’, 2015.

All these object were actually used as a murder weapons. So you don’t need a gun, but all stories are horrific.

Edith Maxwell, a 21-year-old school teacher was found guilty in Wise, Virginia of killing her father with a high-heeled shoe after a heated domestic dispute in July 1935. She was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Acrylic and blood diamonds on Chanel fabric, ribbon, mounted on plywood, 18 x 12″ (46 x 30 cm)

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