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10: Artist as Catalyst, American Noir
10: Artist as Catalyst, American Noir

10: Artist as Catalyst, American Noir

Artist American, born 1943
Date1992
MediumColor screen print on paper, 8 color
Dimensions26 x 26 in. (66 x 66 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Way Fund
Object number1993.11.6
DescriptionHorizontally oriented print. Print shows a sleeping woman on a bed, represented in a comic book style. Her form and that of the bed are reproduced over a waterfall. Above the woman, there is a nude white male figure and a shark with an open mouth. The male figure and the shark are appropriated from John Singleton Copley's 1778 painting "Watson and the Shark". Above the male figure and the shark, there is a thought bubble, which shows men in white hoods and robes who march.
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