Michele Zalopany

Altalena
1993

A surreal painting depicting individuals in dark clothing manipulating oversized string instruments, which are suspended in the air by a complex network of wooden beams and ropes against a muted gray background. The instruments appear to defy gravity, and the people interact with them as if in a dreamlike, gravity-defying performance.

A surreal painting depicting individuals in dark clothing manipulating oversized string instruments, which are suspended in the air by a complex network of wooden beams and ropes against a muted gray background. The instruments appear to defy gravity, and the people interact with them as if in a dreamlike, gravity-defying performance.

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Date
1993

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pastel on paper mounted on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 84 3/4 × 64 7/8in. (215.3 × 164.8 cm)

Accession number
96.272

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Michael Rips

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Michele Zalopany
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