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Napalm Man
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Leon Golub (American, 1922-2004)
Napalm Man, 1972
- Oil on canvas
- 33 1/16 x 56 1/8 in. (84 x 142.6 cm)
- The Jewish Museum, New York
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Isidore Samuels, 1998-93
- Art © Estate of Leon Golub/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY; Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts
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Keywords: figurative , political , historical
Collection Area: Paintings
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Many of Leon Golub's figurative works derive from ancient sources, such as his Gigantomachy paintings of 1965-67, which were inspired by the frieze on the Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamum. The heavily impastoed surface of Napalm Man is typical of the carefully rendered textures of many of his paintings, which convey a sense of immediacy and the horror and raw physicality of the subject.
Source: The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, VOICE, IMAGE, GESTURE: SELECTIONS FROM THE JEWISH MUSEUM'S COLLECTION, 1945-2000, March 25-August 5, 2001.