Drag Racer
1967 · Gouache and collage on paper
65 × 43 cm
Signed "ULF W-67" lower left
The painting depicts the front section of an American drag racing car, built up from sharply defined, cut-out areas of color rather than traditional brushwork. The engine, exhaust headers, and large rear tire are rendered with technical precision, set against a simple, desert-like background.
The work is representative of the period when Wahlberg worked with new-realist subjects drawn from cars and motorsport, a theme he returned to throughout the 1960s alongside his more abstract work.
