Peter Saul

Highway of Social Justice
1965

A vibrant and colorful abstract drawing filled with various shapes, figures, and symbols. The chaotic composition includes cartoon-like characters, floating dollar sign balloons, musical instruments, and fragmented landscapes. There are also elements resembling machinery and body parts intertwined with text bubbles containing messages, creating a surreal, dream-like scene. The artwork is rich in detail and uses a wide spectrum of colors, with each element outlined in black, giving the impression of a complex, doodle-inspired mural.
A vibrant and colorful abstract drawing filled with various shapes, figures, and symbols. The chaotic composition includes cartoon-like characters, floating dollar sign balloons, musical instruments, and fragmented landscapes. There are also elements resembling machinery and body parts intertwined with text bubbles containing messages, creating a surreal, dream-like scene. The artwork is rich in detail and uses a wide spectrum of colors, with each element outlined in black, giving the impression of a complex, doodle-inspired mural.

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Date
1965

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fiber-tipped pen, crayon, and pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 40 × 56in. (101.6 × 142.2 cm) Mount (board): 40 × 56 × 1/8in. (101.6 × 142.2 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
84.48

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Sara Roby Foundation

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

API
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Peter Saul
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