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Satie by Moonlight

A work made of synthetic with cotton shirt on canvas.

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  • A work made of synthetic with cotton shirt on canvas.

Date:

1966

Artist:

Dominick Di Meo
American, born 1927

About this artwork

Dominick Di Meo first emerged alongside Chicago’s Monster Roster, active around the mid-20th century; these artists developed a distinct approach to the human figure that was disarticulated and frequently terrifying. Di Meo’s work displays a lighter sensibility while being nevertheless couched in often morbid terms. Here the artist combined methods of painting and collage, incorporating both spectral imagery and an actual, evidently worn T-shirt. Brighter than Di Meo’s earlier work, Satie by Moonlight evokes a surreal, nocturnal scene through an unlikely combination of materials

Status

Currently Off View

Artist

Dominick Generoso Di Meo

Title

Satie by Moonlight

Place

United States (Object made in)

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Made 1966

Medium

Synthetic with cotton shirt on canvas

Dimensions

127 × 137.2 cm (50 × 54 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the artist

Reference Number

2016.75

Extended information about this artwork

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