Title:
Enigma of Synchronicity - The Zero Factor
Medium:
Painting - Oil On Canvas
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Dimensions
261.000 x 70.000 inches
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Description:
I got this story when I was reading the back of a comic book in 1981. There had been an unsuccessful attempt on President Reagan's life and the story shocked me. It revealed that since 1840, every president elected in a year that ended with a zero had died suddenly in office. I researched the story and discovered that it was true. Their elections were in cycles of twenty (20) years beginning in 1840 when President William H. Harrison was elected. He died of pneumonia thirty-one (31) days after his inauguration. Twenty years later in 1860, the cycle continued with Abraham Lincoln was elected. History repeated itself. In 1880, President James Garfield was elected and he was shot and killed eight (8) months later. In 1900, President William McKinley was elected. He was shot and killed in 1901. Then in 1920, Warren Harding was elected and died in office in 1923. President Franklin D Roosevelt was elected in 1940 and died in his fourth term in office. Then came 1960, when John F. Kennedy was elected and we all know what happened.
So in 1981, when the attempt was made on President Reagan's life, I was shocked that I was looking at history continuing to repeat itself. Thankfully, he survived and successfully completed his terms in office. Hopefully the cycle is complete having taken seven presidents.
In 1981, I was terribly disappointed at the repatriation of Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" to Spain. I had enjoyed its presence in New York and it was no longer going to be here where I could always go and visit. I decided that I had to paint an American epic, large enough to replace Guernica. I executed this large painting in three months. It measures 5' 10" x 21' 9".
I hope that the cycle remains permanently terminated.
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