Two firefighters in dark gear embrace and kiss in front of a tall, worn brick building.

Paintings

Big Heat

1986

Medium
Acrylic on linen
Dimensions
Overall: 60 1/8 × 48 1/8 in. (152.7 × 122.2 cm)
Accession number
99.89
Acquired
1999
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee
Reproduction credit
Courtesy of The Estate of Martin Wong and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY
Department
collection

About this work

Martin Wong, Big Heat, 1986. Acrylic on linen, overall: 60 1/8 × 48 1/8 in. (152.7 × 122.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 99.89. Courtesy of The Estate of Martin Wong and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY

Visual description

Two firefighters passionately kiss in front of a towering brick building.

Exhibitions featuring the artist

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