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Peter Saul — Frensh Arrt (Jackie Kennedy)
Peter Saul

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

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 5, 2017

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Peter Saul, 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
Year
1970
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Postwar Artist, Bold Colors, Cardboard Support, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Late Twentieth Century, Cardboard, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Pop Art, Figurative Art, Political Satire, Portrait, Irreverent Mood, Cartoonish Style, Contemporary Art, Established Artist, Vibrant Colors, Grotesque Style

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