Art + Design 
21 April 2022
Art + Design 
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Robert Dowd 1936–1996

Mercury Dime

1964
acrylic on canvas 36 h × 36 w in (91 × 91 cm)
estimate: $2,500–3,500
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Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘O'Dowd 1964 Mercury Dime’. Signed to lower right ‘O'Dowd’.

This work will ship from Wright in Chicago, Illinois.

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Money is a powerful blend of American literature, document and symbol. Forget that it illustrates a complete monetary system of unimaginable proportions or that it represents destinies of nations and men. What we are dealing with here is a marvelous form of American literature of epic proportions in the proud tradition of P.T. Barnum and tabloid journalism.

Robert Dowd

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