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Huge red legs enclose the words above open books. The final D and adjacent leg share a diagonal cut. Both paws have four toes.

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Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater (2011)

Spoken by Louis C.K.

Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater (2011) — Invented consequence for repetitive giant-dog stories

“I WANT THAT DOG DEAD!”

Dog and letterforms

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The artwork

In Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater (2011), Louis C.K. imagines consequences for a giant dog whose stories keep repeating its size. Repetitive books are dwarfed by the animal; the oversized word contour cuts into the leg silhouette while the demand remains readable.

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Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater (2011) — Invented consequence for repetitive giant-dog stories

Louis complains that many giant-dog books repeat size without consequence. He invents a darker narrative in which the dog steps on a policeman, who later dies; the fictional widow demands the dog's death. He then imagines the town building an enormous electric chair. These are hypothetical additions to a children's story, not events in an actual Clifford book.

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40.6 × 61 cm
Finish
Unframed print
Paper
Enhanced matte paper
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