John O'Reilly

Assisting Picasso
1986

A collage of black and white photographs depicting various classical and artistic elements, including a statue of a nude male figure, framed artworks, and a soccer ball, all arranged in a seemingly chaotic studio environment with exposed wooden easels and construction elements. The image has a dated inscription at the bottom right corner.
A collage of black and white photographs depicting various classical and artistic elements, including a statue of a nude male figure, framed artworks, and a soccer ball, all arranged in a seemingly chaotic studio environment with exposed wooden easels and construction elements. The image has a dated inscription at the bottom right corner.

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Date
1986

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Photomontage of dye diffusion transfer prints (Polaroid)

Dimensions
Sheet (irregular): 4 5/8 × 10 1/8in. (11.7 × 25.7 cm) Image (cropped): 3 3/4 × 6 3/4in. (9.5 × 17.1 cm) Mount: 12 15/16 × 16 15/16in. (32.9 × 43 cm)

Accession number
2022.154

Edition
Unique

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of James Tellin in honor of Andrew Arnot and Tibor de Nagy Gallery

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/65475

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