Peter Saul

Verry Affraid
2010

Illustration of a stylized, surreal character with exaggerated features and a distressed expression. The character has a large, orange, amorphous body with various limbs and appendages, some resembling tentacles, and a smaller human-like head with a mop of red hair, wide eyes, and an open mouth. The words "DON'T LET GO!!" are faintly visible in the background on the left, while "VERY AFRAID" is written clearly on the right. The artwork has a vibrant, hand-drawn quality with visible brush strokes and line work, suggesting a mix of anxiety and chaos.

Illustration of a stylized, surreal character with exaggerated features and a distressed expression. The character has a large, orange, amorphous body with various limbs and appendages, some resembling tentacles, and a smaller human-like head with a mop of red hair, wide eyes, and an open mouth. The words "DON'T LET GO!!" are faintly visible in the background on the left, while "VERY AFRAID" is written clearly on the right. The artwork has a vibrant, hand-drawn quality with visible brush strokes and line work, suggesting a mix of anxiety and chaos.

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Date
2010

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Acrylic and colored pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 × 22 15/16in. (73.7 × 58.3 cm)

Accession number
2012.86

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee and the Director's Discretionary Fund

Rights and reproductions
© 2019 Peter Saul/ Artists Rights Society(ARS), N.Y.

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Peter Saul
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