Lace Curtain for Mayor Daley, 1968

Cor-ten steel, galvanized barbed wire, and enamel paint
177.8 x 121.9 x 25.4 cm (70 x 48 x 10 in.)

Barnett Newman’s sculpture Lace Curtain for Mayor Daley is included in the exhibition Richard J. Daley at the Richard Feigen Gallery in Chicago. Newman made the sculpture especially for this show, in protest against the brutal actions of the police under Mayor Richard J. Daley at the Chicago Democratic Convention.

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