About this artwork
A Chicago native, Ralph Arnold is known for his collaged, often abstract images drawn from the materials of popular and consumer culture. In this work, Arnold juxtaposed scenes from the turbulent 1960s against a color palette evoking the American flag; stenciled letters suggest a framework for reading images of the Great Migration, a Jim Crow sign, violence against African American youth, war protests, Mayor Richard J. Daley, and the Statue of Liberty. Following the work’s title, a causal equation can be pieced together: the combination of civil rights inequities, death tolls in Vietnam, and politics resulted in the 1968 Democratic Convention demonstrations and “law-and-order” police forces.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Contemporary Art
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Artist
- Ralph Arnold
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Title
- One Thing Leads to Another
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1968
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Medium
- Collage and acrylic on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Inscribed, verso, upper left, in black paint: "Collage + Acrylic / "One Thin Leads to Another" 1968 / Ralph Arnold"
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Dimensions
- 152.4 × 152.4 cm (60 × 60 in.)
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Credit Line
- Photography and Media Purchase Fund
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Reference Number
- 2011.131
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Copyright
- © The Estate of Ralph Arnold.
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