Catch 22 Rescuing Nately's Whore from the Generals

image: A room in a hotel or brothel in which several men and women are standing and sitting around naked, some attempting to cover themselves. Also in the room are two soldiers in uniform, one standing by the open window, the other embracing one of the naked women.

One of a series of works by the artist depicting scenes from Joseph Heller's novel 'Catch 22'.

'I'll thrash you ,' Dunbar warned him coldly. 'You're a German spy, and I'm going to have you shot.' 'German spy?' I'm an American colonel.' 'You don't look like an American colonel. You look like a fat man with a pillow in front of him. Where's your uniform, if you're an American colonel' Nately was already at his girl's side. She stared at him without recognition for a few seconds. Then she smiled faintly and let her head sink to his shoulder with eyes closed. Nately was in ecstasy; she had never smiled at him before. (pg 406, Vintage 1994)

'I'll thrash you ,' Dunbar warned him coldly. 'You're a German spy, and I'm going to have you shot.' 'German spy?' I'm an American colonel.' 'You don't look like an American colonel. You look like a fat man with a pillow in front of him. Where's your uniform, if you're an American colonel' Nately was already at his girl's side. She stared at him without recognition for a few seconds. Then she smiled faintly and let her head sink to his shoulder with eyes closed. Nately was in ecstasy; she had never smiled at him before.

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