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This painting by Sarkisian consists of trompe d'oeil imagery of front pages from the Des Moines Register and Tribune. David Kruidenier, the Des Moines Register's Chairman, sent the artist a bundle of newspapers and an open invitation to create a work from them. Sarkisian subsequently incorporated the newspapers in a series of other works.
Source: Bulletin?News, July-August, 1985.
Exhibition History"Selected Cowles Family Gifts to the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
"Commitment, Community and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, January 24, 1998 - May 10, 1998
Exhibition History"Selected Cowles Family Gifts to the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
"Commitment, Community and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, January 24, 1998 - May 10, 1998
DimensionsOverall: 56 × 46 in. (142.2 × 116.8 cm)
Accession Number 1985.7
Classificationspainting
SignedPaul Sarkisian 79 (l,l)
InscriptionsPAUL SARKISIAN 1979 ACRYLIC ON LINEN 46 x 56 © UP↑ (verso u,l stretcher bar)
ProvenanceArtist. Des Moines Register and Tribune Company [purchased 1978]; Des Moines Art Center [gift from previous, 1985]
