56. David’s Private Encounter
Title: David’s Private Encounter (working title)
Date: 1973
Subject: Seated nude woman holds tip of standing nude man’s phallus
Measurements: 10 1/16” W x 8” H
Materials and Techniques: White paper board, cutouts from reproduction postcards and/or art books, glass covering, masking tape frame
Description: A nude man (David, 1504, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, Caprese 1475-1564 Rome, Accademia Gallery) stands as a nude woman (Nude with Mirror, 1919, Joan Miro, Spanish, Barcelona 1893-1983 Palma de Mallorca, Private Collection) who is seated on a blue stool holds the tip of his phallus with her right hand.
Signed: “Norman S. Green ’73” written in blue pen on right-hand corner
Note: From the Pictorial Puzzler Series. Label on back identifies piece as #22, also identifies the two figures.