Untitled (“Please Read Take Heed…”)

Reverend Benjamin Franklin Perkins

date unknown

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Untitled (Street Lamp, Blue Sky) Paris, 1985, Ralph Gibson, Portfolio published by Double Elephant Editions, Ltd., Type C color print
Polychrome (black and blue) in abstract form applied to center of paper
This is a square work of three people playing dominos against a flat black background. The central figure on the upper left quadrant of the work has a red and white striped oval face, red eye areas with black eyes and eyebrows, a red nose, black mustache and white lips. His white shirt has is short sleeved and his arms are brown and resting on a white table with four dominos on the right side. His hands are holding two dominos pieces. The figure to the left is only visible by two arms extending from the left and bottom left of the canvas. They are holding sevaral dominos in his hands. Two arms with yellow hands and white nails extend from the bottom of the canvas. They are holding six dice. Both figures have white sleeves. The right hand of the work is a white strip of fabric.
Black and white squares and shapes of other colors in four horizontal rows on a yellow background.