About this artwork

This is the central image of a triptych. The painting can be read as a storyboard, starting at the top left. It shows the stick figures of a man and woman who become friends and have sex. They return to work and the man wants to have sex again, but the woman doesn't. The man goes to bed alone and dreams of how a snake poisons relationships between men and women, leading him to understand that men can neither own nor control women. He wakes up and makes friends with the woman.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
    Chad McCail (born 1961) Scottish
  • title:
    Wealth is Shared - No One Charges, No One Pays
  • date created:
    2000
  • materials:
    Triptych, gouache on paper
  • measurements:
    76.20 x 152.40 cm; paper size: 86.36 x 162.56 cm (framed: 98.30 x 175.00 x 2.70 cm)
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Purchased 2000
  • accession number:
    GMA 4340 B
  • gallery:
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Chad McCail

Chad McCail