UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Las Vegas, Nevada
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MessageSush Machida Gaikotsu
"Tiger", 2007
Acrylic on panel
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Collection
Gift of the Las Vegas Art Museum, 2021; Gift of an anonymous donor, 2008.
2021.08.151
Item Description:
A long, vertical painting of a stylized tiger glaring down at a mouse sitting on its tail as it climbs up a cloud outlined in red. Above the tiger’s outstretched paw in the top left corner is a banana, a tattoo gun, the initials “SMG” in a red, wide, slab-like font with pointed projections, and a yellow flower. The top of the painting is dark gray and decorated with yellow dots while the bottom is lighter gray and speckled with tiny birds, green tree air fresheners, starburst shapes, and a dragon.
- Created: 2007
- Inventory Number: 2021.08.151