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The World Around Me III

1972 · Tempera, oil

1000 × 206 cm

A wide, densely packed collage assembled from a large number of cut-out image fragments: racing cars, vintage automobiles, a mountain landscape, checkered patterns, and a radiating star pattern populated with stylized figures in harlequin costume.

The technique and imagery connect to Wahlberg's recurring interest in cars and drag racing, here rendered in a denser maximalist compositional style.

The image shows only half of the painting. The dimensions (1000 × 206 cm) are for the entire work.