A series related to the currant political situation. It started out to be 36 Views of the Capitol with reference to 36 Views of Mt Fuji by Hokusai.

Quote from the CMA website on Gift by Man Ray in the CMA collection.... "  Man Ray made the original version in 1921 for the opening of his first solo exhibition in Paris. Upon leaving the gallery for a drink, he spied an iron for pressing clothes in a hardware store, purchased it, along with tacks and glue, assembled the object, and placed it in the gallery as a "gift" for a random visitor. By the time the show closed, the object had disappeared, snatched by an unknown admirer..." 

I was at a hardware store and someone who worked there asked me if I wanted a large book of wallpaper samples. I took the book and got to work on a series that had in the back of my mind something about  Max Ernst and Paul Eluard 

The house itself was sold in 1929 to a butcher and passed through many hands. One person who never forgot the delightful fantasies was Eluard’s daughter Cecile Eluard. She revisited the house at Eaubonne and found the murals covered with layers of wallpaper. It took two years for a restorer, using archaeological techniques, to transfer some of the delicate oils to canvas.