Untitled (Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol; January 6th, 2021; Based on a photograph by Mark Peterson)

2021

Robert Longo

Associated Names
Robert Longo

Artist, American, born 1953

This incredibly detailed black-and-white drawing shows a group of people in a hallway or corridor, surrounded by smoke. On the left, there is a person standing, holding a flag in their right fist. They are wearing a plaid shirt with a cape-like cloth over their shoulders, a beanie hat with partially visible lettering, sunglasses, and a patterned face covering obscuring most of their face. In the background, other people can be seen, one wearing a gas mask and draped in a flag with stars on it, and another facing away from us, wearing a backpack with a flag patch. Behind them is another flag with stars and stripes. On the right and in the background, the arms of two obscured people stick out, holding smartphones. The setting includes large stone or concrete walls with rectangular recesses and a window partially visible on the left.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal, conté crayon, and graphite on mounted paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen and Marc Andreessen

  • Dimensions

    overall: 234.95 × 339.09 cm (92 1/2 × 133 1/2 in.)
    framed: 259.08 × 364.49 × 13.49 cm (102 × 143 1/2 × 5 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.48.1

  • Series Title

    Destroyer Cycle


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2021

  • Robert Longo: I Do Fly / After Summer Merrily, Pace Gallery, NY September 10 - October 23, 2021

2025

  • Robert Longo: The Acceleration of History, Milwaukee Art Museum, October 2024-February 2025, cat no. XXVIII, repro.

Bibliography

2025

  • Andera, Margaret, Johnson, Rashid, and Teicholz, Tom.Robert Longo: The Acceleration of History. Exh. cat. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, 2025: 110-111, cat no. XXVIII.

Inscriptions

"RL. 2021" lower right margin, graphite.


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