Label Text
Carroll Dunham creates graphic cartoonlike images with sexual overtones that merge abstraction and figuration. This painting from 2001 represents a departure from the vivid color of his early work. Dunham's art has always existed outside of the prevailing trends and fads and does not fall within a particular movement. It combines elements of Surrealism and Expressionism, with a bit of Pop. Often there is an implied narrative in a work, although what is actually taking place is left to the viewer.
Source: News, July August September, 2008.
DimensionsFrame: 87 1/2 × 77 1/2 × 2 in. (222.3 × 196.9 × 5.1 cm)
Canvas (/image): 80 × 70 in. (203.2 × 177.8 cm)
Canvas (/image): 80 × 70 in. (203.2 × 177.8 cm)
Accession Number 2008.23
Classificationspainting
ProvenanceArtist. Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond J. Learsy, New York [acquired by 2003]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2008]
