As Uncle Skulky slips his image into the 56th playing card, I remember my father saying, "always kill the closest snake first"
SURF-YALEPRODUCTTRACE2026V3R0060·Contemporary print / graphic carrier·2003·United States
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- As Uncle Skulky slips his image into the 56th playing card, I remember my father saying, "always kill the closest snake first". Contemporary print / graphic carrier, 2003, United States, Artist: Frank Boyden (American, born 1942, B.F.A. 1968, M.F.A. 1968). — from catalogue fields, for readers and machines; not an interpretive caption.
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- Yale University Art Gallery Linked Art
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- As Uncle Skulky slips his image into the 56th playing card, I remember my father saying, "always kill the closest snake first" Open
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- Captured 2026-07-31 · frozen snapshot at acquisition
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Modern Graphic Design Archive. “As Uncle Skulky slips his image into the 56th playing card, I remember my father saying, "always kill the closest snake first"”, Artist: Frank Boyden (American, born 1942, B.F.A. 1968, M.F.A. 1968), 2003. United States. Contemporary print / graphic carrier. Record SURF-YALEPRODUCTTRACE2026V3R0060. https://mgdarchive.com/surfaces/SURF-YALEPRODUCTTRACE2026V3R0060
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- v49 — current public release (sealed)
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- Last verified
- 2026, with the v49 freeze