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The Horror

The Horror

Artist (born 1963)
Date2014
MediumEnamel and oil on copper
Dimensions12 in. × 15 in. × 1 1/2 in. (30.5 × 38.1 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCourtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
On View
Not on view
Label TextTim Liddy’s meticulously hand-rendered paintings on sheets of copper are meant to resemble vintage board game boxes.

Often mixing the real and imagined, Liddy invented the game The Horror. The inconspicuous box gives no hint as to what is inside, prompting a rather personal question: what horror is contained within? An answer that is different for each person.
Photo: William Shearburn Gallery.
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