Jack Balas, 2016; SHIP OF COOLS, OR, A JOLLY LOAD OF BOATMEN FLAT-OUT CROSSING THE MAINSTREAM, SOME BEING KINGS, AND SOME BEING "VAGABONDS." (WE AWAIT YOUR APPLAUSE).
(#1318); watercolor, acrylic and ink on 2 paper panels, 30" x 45" overall.

The painting references George Caleb Bingham's 1846 painting, "The Jolly Flatboatmen."