Untitled (Blue and Orange Figure)
Artist
Victor Higgins
(American, 1884 - 1949)
Date1935
Mediumwatercolor, charcoal and graphite on tracing paper
DimensionsImage: 28 × 17 in. (71.1 × 43.2 cm)
Mat: 40 × 28 in. (101.6 × 71.1 cm)
Frame: 40 × 28 × 1 in. (101.6 × 71.1 × 2.5 cm)
Mat: 40 × 28 in. (101.6 × 71.1 cm)
Frame: 40 × 28 × 1 in. (101.6 × 71.1 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Joan Higgins Reed Estate, 1984
Object number1984.79.96
DescriptionNative American woman who appears to be dancing. She wears a long orange dress under a light blue shawl or blanket. Dress is belted at waist. She has dark hair in Navajo bun, head titled downward. Her L hand crossed over to R hip. Outlined in black.eMuseum Notes
In this study, Victor Higgins looked to the example of artist John Marin, who used line to express forces seen and unseen. In this regard, Higgins abstracted the form of his model to indicate movement through time and space.
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