No Dessert Tonight [The New World Disorder]
Media: Oil on Wood Panel
Detail shots below artwork
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The composition has movements on both side of the panel. The left is of the screaming woman, a transposed image of Susan Strasberg from the 1962 movie "Scream of Fear." In this setting the figure is surrounded by destruction wrought by a derailed locomotive plowing through her home.
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A detail of a chandelier being ripped to pieces by the force of the engine's draft and other debris
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A close-up of the shattered chandelier
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An airborne timer, the shattered chandelier, and a loosed parakeet surround the screaming character
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A framed image of just the screaming figure
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Close-up of the portrait brushwork
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A close-up of the apron
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Close-up of the loosed parakeet
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Close-up of the airborne timer
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A close-up of one of the ruined desserts
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A flying cake knocked into orbit with debris, eggs, and construction materials
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A terrified and airborne pup lunges to escape the locomotive on his heels
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Detail of the terrified dog in flight
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Close-up of dog's face
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Forcing its way through the building the engine accumulate wrecked debris on its path forward
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Detail of the cloud of dust, dirt, and debris created by the engine's crash through the home
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As tables and furniture are forced forward a small lamp loses it's side table and is flung backwards into the air
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A blue iron pot traveling several yards as it is pushed forward by crushed debris, knocking a container of salt onto the floor
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Shown here is the under painting or monotone "grisaille"
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This image appears to illustrate the paintings size
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