Bil Revolt

1980

Henry Chalfant

Associated Names
Henry Chalfant

Artist, American, born 1940

This is a photograph of a train with graffiti art. The side of the train is covered with an explosion of colorful graffiti that includes stylized images and letters. The graffiti has a variety of bright colors such as blues, greens, and pinks, and features both abstract designs and cartoonish characters. The upper part of the train is a metallic beige color with a visible number, 7471, and is interspersed with windows through which some objects inside are faintly visible.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Samuel A. and Sandra Esses, East Hampton, NY; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Henry Chalfant 2/25 '80; on verso of mount, by unknown hand, upper left in blue ink circled, crossed out in graphite: 8; upper left in blue ink: Bil Revolt; upper center in graphite: 104; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower right in graphite: 2003.17.36

Wikidata ID

Q64155042

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