Untangling Valadon
From Philip Gladstone's Pictures Within Pictures (Museum) Series, works that reference and pay homage to iconic works of art, artists and popular culture, often with a serious underlying message — in this instance featuring Suzanne Valadon's (French, 1865-1938) 1914 oil Casting the Net, and Valadon herself with her dogs, adapted from a circa 1930 photograph of the artist in her studio, serving as the museum guards
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• Made with pen-and-ink, ink wash, watercolor, gouache, and watercolor pencils with sgraffito (scraping) on clay-coated paper
• Measures 12 by 15 inches
• Created in 2026
• Signed by the artist with his monogram cipher (PG) and dated "2026", lower left/center; inscribed with the title and signed again with his full name on the reverse

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