The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A vertically oriented ink wash drawing on white paper features a centered abstract shape in shades of translucent gray. Split into four quadrants by a white cross, the upper two segments resemble rounded triangles while the bottom sections taper downward. Handwritten text in the lower margin reads "(PHIL HAD A HEART ATTACK #2)" on our left and "Al Taylor '83" on our right.

Phil Had a Heart Attack #2

1983

Al Taylor

(American, 1948–1999)
America
ink wash
Sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.); Matted: 43 x 35.4 x 0.3 cm (16 15/16 x 13 15/16 x 1/8 in.)
Gift of Pete and Melitte Omlor 2023.196
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The small size of this drawing aligns with domestic scale of the artist’s sculptures.

Description

Sculptor Al Taylor’s drawings are imbued with his characteristic curiosity and sense of humor. This work is typical of the tension Taylor enjoyed between representations of the real world and his own self-referential formal system. The fluid lines and shapes and the works’ evocative title suggests that the drawing may refer to a human heart broken into quarters, though much is left open to interpretation.
  • 1983
    Al Taylor (the artist) [1948–1999]
    1983–2023
    Philip (Pete) Omlor, Brooklyn, NY, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    December 4, 2023–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Phil Had a Heart Attack #2|url=false|author=Al Taylor|year=1983|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.196