“A pint of blood costs more than a gallon of gold”

The artwork

Little Carmine Lupertazzi in The Sopranos: Little Carmine invokes his father’s maxim while mediating between Tony and Phil. His appeal links peace to business interests, but reopening a grievance undermines the attempted truce. A balance dips toward a glass of blood below an elevated stack of gold; cream, red and gold type sits over a spreading red pool on black.