Billy Malone

You'll Never Know
2006

A detailed pencil drawing of a whimsical structure made of wooden planks and ladders, resembling a haphazard treehouse without a tree. Atop the highest platform sits a large bird with a pineapple on its head. Various smaller birds are in flight around the structure, and a single hammer rests on a protruding plank. The wood is etched with text and symbols, including "CHERRIES" and "E.M.O.S." Grass and weeds are lightly sketched at the base.

A detailed pencil drawing of a whimsical structure made of wooden planks and ladders, resembling a haphazard treehouse without a tree. Atop the highest platform sits a large bird with a pineapple on its head. Various smaller birds are in flight around the structure, and a single hammer rests on a protruding plank. The wood is etched with text and symbols, including "CHERRIES" and "E.M.O.S." Grass and weeds are lightly sketched at the base.

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Date
2006

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Ballpoint pen and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 21 3/8 × 16 5/16in. (54.3 × 41.4 cm)

Accession number
2007.217

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of A.G. Rosen

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/29350

Exhibitions

Two Years

Oct 17, 2007–Feb 17, 2008

Billy Malone
1 work in the collection

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