Making the Bed

David Salle

1985

  • Titles Making the Bed (Proper)
  • Artist David Salle, American, born 1952
  • Medium oil, acrylic and wood on canvas
  • Dimensions 120 × 98 × 3 3/4 in. (304.8 × 248.9 × 9.5 cm) image (top canvas): 53 × 98 1/4 in. (134.6 × 249.6 cm) image (bottom canvas): 67 × 98 1/4 in. (170.2 × 249.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of an anonymous donor, AFI.14.2004a-b
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings

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