“Skull and Bones members hurled obscene sexual insults at initiates as they were forced to kneel and kiss a skull at the feet of the initiators.” “Privileged Skull and Bones members mocked the assault on Abner Louima by crying out repeatedly, ‘Take that plunger out of my ass!'” Rosenbaum wrote. Participants referred to disturbing current events and assaults, in addition to making threatening remarks to one another. This initiation appeared to have a much darker side to the one that McDonald described. None of this ghoulishness or playacting - just tremendously good-natured fun.” “The initiation was a great hilarity, great fun. “ doesn’t bare a smidgen of resemblance to what was done when I was in Skull and Bones,” McDonald said. McDonald said he was “flabbergasted” to hear about the acting out of the murder and the kissing of the skulls. In the background, a shrieking female distorted what was said among the group, but chants of “kiss the skull,” are very audible.Īccording to Rosenbaum’s New York Observer cover story last week, “At Skull and Bones, Bush’s Secret Club Initiates Ream Gore,” Skull and Bones initiates were videotaped from the top of Street Hall, a location from which video-tapers were able to film inside the enclosed courtyard of the famous society.īut Skull and Bones alumni member Steve McDonald ’73 said what was caught on tape was not the initiation rite of the society when he was a member almost 30 years ago and that the events may have been staged. The footage, shot at night, shows participants lying on the courtyard steps while others dressed in cloaks or toga-like costumes appear to be acting out a murder and shouting commands. Though the faces of the participants are not clear, their actions are virtually unmistakable. The videotape, also aired on Fox News, catches alleged Skull and Bones initiates, called “neophytes,” in the tomb’s courtyard kissing skulls and acting out murder scenes. Powerful, mysterious and straight out of the European underground.Televisions across America Monday night showed what was billed as the initiation ritual of an increasingly not-so-secret secret society - Skull and Bones.ĪBC News reported that New York Observer investigative reporter Ron Rosenbaum ’68 and a group of Yale students caught the initiation of the 2001-2002 Skull and Bones members on tape April 14. I have no problem looking at it for the rest of my days. If you don't think people will stop and peer at this print, you don't have blood pumpin' through your veins. I ship FedEx to street addresses in the continental USA only (no PO boxes). Please see all pics as they are part of the description. I have not examined the print out of the frame.
The frame has some losses which adds to the piece, in my humble opinion. There is a tiny discoloration spot in the left margin of the print (see pic).
As stated above, the print is in great shape for its age. The etching visual measures 9" wide by 6" tall. The framed artwork measures 15" wide by 10" tall. Here's another version of the same theme. Here's a killer read about this piece and it's link to a painting at Yale University. Whether poor or rich, all’s the same in death." "Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar of king? Here's another version of the phrase, complete with the morbid punchline: The artwork came from an estate in the Twin Cities area.īack to the origin story. On the reverse there is an old framing tag in Italian located in Rome. The piece is signed in pencil in the lower right. The gothic print was produced around 1900 by German artist Carl Muller Baumgarten (1879 - 1946). Yep, you'll be seeing that before you wake up in a cold sweat. Check out the shading on the second skull from the left. And the print is as vivid as a sunset and nearly flawless. And overriding the entire thing is the question: "Who was the fool, who wise, who a beggar or emperor?" Heavy from all sides, and it is a powerful image to set your eyes on. Here we have a phenomenal print of a still life tomb complete with four skulls, a fool's cap, globe, telescope, books, bag and staff.
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