Robert Beck

Glove Skinning (Black and Blue) ("The Modern Man's Guide to Life" by Denis Boyles, Alan Rose, and Alan Wellikoff)
2004

Illustration depicting the process of "Glove Skinning" on a parchment-like background with three panels showing different stages of skinning an animal. The left panel shows an animal hung upside down with a cut indicated at its ankles. The middle panel illustrates the skin being pulled down around the body. The right panel shows the skin completely removed and resembling a dress. The background has smudges and crisscrossing lines, giving it a worn and used appearance.
Illustration depicting the process of "Glove Skinning" on a parchment-like background with three panels showing different stages of skinning an animal. The left panel shows an animal hung upside down with a cut indicated at its ankles. The middle panel illustrates the skin being pulled down around the body. The right panel shows the skin completely removed and resembling a dress. The background has smudges and crisscrossing lines, giving it a worn and used appearance.

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Date
2004

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Charcoal, shoe polish, and thread on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 39 1/2 × 56 3/8in. (100.3 × 143.2 cm)

Accession number
2005.97

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Harriett Ames Charitable Trust

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Robert Beck
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