Robert Arneson

The Colonel's at It Again
1986

A vibrant and chaotic painting depicting a stylized skull with exaggerated features. The skull has large, swirling eyes, a wide grinning mouth with sharp teeth, and is adorned with a cap featuring a flower-like design. The background and the skull itself are a riot of colors and scribbled lines, suggesting frenetic energy and movement.
A vibrant and chaotic painting depicting a stylized skull with exaggerated features. The skull has large, swirling eyes, a wide grinning mouth with sharp teeth, and is adorned with a cap featuring a flower-like design. The background and the skull itself are a riot of colors and scribbled lines, suggesting frenetic energy and movement.

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Date
1986

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph, with hand-coloring

Dimensions
Sheet: 38 1/8 × 28 1/8in. (96.8 × 71.4 cm) Image: 38 1/8 × 28 1/8in. (96.8 × 71.4 cm)

Accession number
2014.38

Edition
Landfall Press Impression 2/5 | Ed. 26, 10 APs, 10 Subscriber's Proofs, 8 Other Proofs Progressive Proofs, 3 TPs, 2 PPs, 2 Copyright Proofs, 1 RTP, 1 C

Publication
Printed and published by Landfall Press, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of George Adams

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Robert Arneson / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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