Unfinished. "The picture represents Athena giving Perseus a sword with which to slay Medusa, and a mirror in which he can observe her without danger to himself." (Caption, Delevoy, p.38)
A "combine"; oil, pencil, paper, fabric, metal, cardboard box, printed paper, printed reproductions, photograph, wood, paint tube, and mirror on canvas, with oil on bald eagle, string, and pillow.