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9/11: Interrupting the Morning News

Thornton Dial
  • TD - Interrupting the Morning News - Master Image

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
2002
Pencil, charcoal, watercolor, and coffee stains on paper
41 x 29 inches
Collection of
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description

Following the 9/11 tragedy, Dial created over a dozen pieces on the catastrophe, including 9/11: Interrupting the Morning News. Inspired by both media images of the terrorist attacks as well as his own visit to Ground Zero just a month after the event, his suite of 9/11 paintings, works on paper, and sculptural assemblages are among his most haunting works.