
Frensh Arrt (Jackie Kennedy)
1970
A raucous and irreverent depiction of Jackie Kennedy rendered in Peter Saul's characteristically garish, cartoonish style, combining acrylic, ink, and colored crayons on cardboard to create a deliberately crude and confrontational image. Saul distorts and exaggerates his subject with wild, clashing colors and anarchic linework, subverting the polished iconography of one of America's most revered public figures. The deliberately misspelled title signals Saul's sardonic wit and his gleeful rejection of both high art conventions and cultural sanctity.
- Medium
- acrylic, ink and coloured crayons on cardboard
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
October 5, 2017
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