Catch 22 Yossarian with the Maid

description

Object description

image: A man and woman lie on a single bed. The man, a soldier, is on top of the woman, straddling one of her legs.

Physical description

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

Label

The maid in the lime-coloured panties was a cheerful, fat, obliging woman in her mid-thirties with squashy thighs and swaying hams in lime-coloured panties that she was always rolling off for any man who wanted her. (pg 116, Vintage 1994)

Label

Inscription

There was a sharp elastic snap as she rolled the panties off beneath them both without disturbing him

Object details

Category

Art

Creator

Lee, Dick

Place made

Great Britain

Materials

Support: plywood

medium: oil

Dimensions

Support: Height 178 mm, 248

Catalogue number

Art.IWM ART 16784 25

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