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Le plomb dans l'aile

Date1961
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions98 3/4 × 74 1/2 inches (250.83 × 189.23 cm)
Credit LineGift of W. Hawkins Ferry
Object number69.1
DescriptionA busy city street scene with crudely drawn figures and outlined buildings, barely distinguishable in the scumbled paint surface. Colors are bright pastels outlined in black. Idiomatic expressions (such as the title) are scrawled onto the picture surface like graffiti.
On View
On view
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 4, Modern Art, Gallery 5
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Madame Cutolli, Paris (purchased from the artist); Pace Gallery (dealer), New York; the artist.