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The Horror

Tim Liddy’s meticulously hand-rendered paintings on sheets of copper are meant to resemble vintage board game boxes.

Often mixing the real and imagined, Liddy invented the game The Horror. The inconspicuous box gives no hint as to what is inside, prompting a rather personal question: what horror is contained within? An answer that is different for each person.

ArtistTim Liddy, born 1963
Date2014
MediumEnamel and oil on copper
Dimensions12 x 15 x 1 1/2 in. (30.5 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm)
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClassificationPainting
On ViewNo
The Horror12 × 15 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 25× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.