![A painting by Merrill Wagner, titled Assertion, dated 2006.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Fjuzvn5an%2Frelease-adp%2Fe25dd3a42aa8dda8ae59676bcafedefea49f646b-3000x2250.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Merrill Wagner Assertion, 2006
Rust preventive paint on steel
97 1/2 x 96 1/2 inches (247.7 x 245.1 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed verso
![A painting by Merrill Wagner, titled Assertion, dated 2006.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Fjuzvn5an%2Frelease-adp%2Fe25dd3a42aa8dda8ae59676bcafedefea49f646b-3000x2250.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![A painting by Merrill Wagner, titled Assertion, dated 2006.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Fjuzvn5an%2Frelease-adp%2Fae2e222e06f70bcf4d76b98047810fd524671554-2935x3000.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![A detail from a painting by Merrill Wagner, titled Assertion, dated 2006.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Fjuzvn5an%2Frelease-adp%2F15ab13484a88408b37970328e444aff41c75ed1f-3000x2250.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Rust preventive paint on steel
97 1/2 x 96 1/2 inches (247.7 x 245.1 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed verso