Rendered in bold, gestural strokes of acrylic on aluminium, Christopher Wool's 1989 work presents black eagles that teeter on the edge between recognizable form and pure abstraction. The stark contrast of dark pigment against the cool metallic surface amplifies the raw, graphic energy of the imagery, evoking both the power of the natural world and the visual language of urban signage. Wool's signature tension between representation and abstraction invites the viewer to oscillate between reading the work as image and experiencing it as pure mark-making.