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The Mechanical Peep Show

532 Broadway, 3rd Floor

New York, NY

December 14, 1989 – January 20, 1990

P·P·O·W is pleased to exhibit an installation from 1983 by the artist Dotty Attie entitled The Mechanical Peep Show. Consisting of 147 small pencil drawings on paper, the work contains a graphic and textual narrative describing a man's attempts to forget a dark and sinister past.

Exhibited Works

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Dotty Attie The Mechanical Peep Show (The Young Bull), 1983 graphite on paper, plexiglas, metal screws 104 drawings: 6 x 6 ins. overall: 48 x 78 ins. 

Dotty Attie
The Mechanical Peep Show (The Young Bull), 1983
graphite on paper, plexiglas, metal screws
104 drawings: 6 x 6 ins.
overall: 48 x 78 ins. 

Dotty Attie The Mechanical Peep Show (Narrative Sequence), 1983 graphite on paper, plexiglas, metal screws 147 drawings: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins. overall: 39 x 42 1/4 ins. 

Dotty Attie
The Mechanical Peep Show (Narrative Sequence), 1983
graphite on paper, plexiglas, metal screws
147 drawings: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins.
overall: 39 x 42 1/4 ins. 

Dotty Attie The Mechanical Peep Show (The Young Bull), 1983 graphite on paper, plexiglas, metal screws 104 drawings: 6 x 6 ins. overall: 48 x 78 ins. 

Dotty Attie
The Mechanical Peep Show (The Young Bull), 1983
graphite on paper, plexiglas, metal screws
104 drawings: 6 x 6 ins.
overall: 48 x 78 ins. 

Dotty Attie The Mechanical Peep Show (Narrative Sequence), 1983 graphite on paper, plexiglas, metal screws 147 drawings: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins. overall: 39 x 42 1/4 ins. 

Dotty Attie
The Mechanical Peep Show (Narrative Sequence), 1983
graphite on paper, plexiglas, metal screws
147 drawings: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins.
overall: 39 x 42 1/4 ins.