Phil Had a Heart Attack #2

1983

Al Taylor

(American, 1948–1999)

Culture

America

Medium

ink wash

Measurements

Sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.); Matted: 43 x 35.4 x 0.3 cm (16 15/16 x 13 15/16 x 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Pete and Melitte Omlor 2023.196

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

The small size of this drawing aligns with domestic scale of the artist’s sculptures.

Description

Sculptor Al Taylor’s drawings are imbued with his characteristic curiosity and sense of humor. This work is typical of the tension Taylor enjoyed between representations of the real world and his own self-referential formal system. The fluid lines and shapes and the works’ evocative title suggests that the drawing may refer to a human heart broken into quarters, though much is left open to interpretation.