Legs Icon (Sunder)

75″x40″x13″
Pigment, oil, skin glue and 12kt gold leaf on curved panel
2008

Collection of Heather Masse Duncan

1 of 4 large Legs Icon pieces. 1 of 2 that are gilded with white gold.

“Sunder” means to split apart. This form seems on the one hand feminine and receptive, and on the other hand a tool to divide or discern. The text on the painting reads: “between the sheets and presidents, history got made.”