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Abstract mixed-media collage with shredded black material across the top and a small car image at left.

Drawings

Paint it black (4 carlos)

william cordova

2007–2008

Medium
Spray paint, vinyl record, acrylic, collage, hot-melt adhesive, soiled footprints, and debris on collaged reclaimed papers
Dimensions
Overall: 16 × 20 × 1/16 in. (40.6 × 50.8 × 0.2 cm) Sheet (irregular): 13 9/16 × 17 3/4 in. (34.4 × 45.1 cm)
Accession number
2008.244.11
Acquired
2008
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee
Department
collection

About this work

william cordova, Paint it black (4 carlos), 2007–2008. Spray paint, vinyl record, acrylic, collage, hot-melt adhesive, soiled footprints, and debris on collaged reclaimed papers, overall: 16 × 20 × 1/16 in. (40.6 × 50.8 × 0.2 cm) Sheet (irregular): 13 9/16 × 17 3/4 in. (34.4 × 45.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee 2008.244.11

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