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karl-waldmann-0953
N° inv   0953  |  43,5 x 26 cm   |   Collage on cardboard

Title
Уолл-стрит
Wall Street
Wall Street
Wall Street;

Origin   

Subject
on the left a picutre of a big building that seems to be located in down town new york, black an white. body of a young woman who is wearing a dress and it seems that she is sitting on the roof of the house. instead of her head there is stick down the head of a monkey. on the right corner beneeth is another monkey cut off on the belly and throwing its arms high. under the body of the monkey is written down the word "wall street". on the left there is a collage of a person. the head is an anatomic demonstration beginning with the nose and ending with the throat. the person is wearing a red coat which is open. in the open gap of the coat and beside the coat you can see another building in black an white with a small star on it. on this star it is written down the date 1935. it seems that the person is walking down some stairs. some letters (maybe of a journal) are shining through the stairs. teh whole collage is done on black background.


Description
sur la gauche, photo en noir et blanc d’un building, sans doute de new york. corps d’une jeune femme en robe qui semble être assise sur le toit du bâtiment. sa tête est celle d’un singe. en bas, à droite, se trouve un autre singe dont le ventre est coupé et qui a les bras levés. le mot « wall street » est écrit en dessous du singe. sur la gauche, collage d’une personne : sa tête est un schéma d’anatomie, du nez à la gorge. la personne porte un manteau rouge ouvert. en arrière-plan se situe une autre photo de building en noir et blanc qui porte une étoile avec la date 1935. la personne semble descendre les escaliers du bâtiment. des lettres (qui viennent peut-être d’un journal) apparaissent à travers les escaliers. l’ensemble du collage a été effectué sur un fond noir.



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