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© John T. Biggers Estate / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY, Estate Represented by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
Artist
John Biggers (American, 1924–2001)American, 1924–2001
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled [Sketchbook]
Date1942–1945
MediumBound sketchbook with graphite, watercolor and pastel on wove paper with printed paper board cover and cloth spine
DimensionsOverall (closed): 11 1/8 × 8 1/8 × 5/8 in. (28.3 × 20.6 × 1.6 cm)
Overall (open): 10 3/8 × 16 in. (26.4 × 40.6 cm)
Sheet (each, approximate): 10 1/8 × 8 in. (25.7 × 20.3 cm)
Overall (open): 10 3/8 × 16 in. (26.4 × 40.6 cm)
Sheet (each, approximate): 10 1/8 × 8 in. (25.7 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2017.227
Not on view
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[1] Email correspondence with Mr. Foney, April 2017.
Exhibition HistoryJohn Biggers: My America, the 1940s and 1950s – Paintings, Sculpture & Drawings. (New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2005).
Olive Jensen Thiesen. A Life on Paper, The Drawings and Lithographs of John Thomas Biggers (Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2006), pp 20-23, illus.
"Around Midcentury in the United States," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 20, 2021 - Jan. 2, 2022. [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto of front cover: Inscribed in graphite, center: J. Biggers [partially obscured] / U.S. [possibly] N. R. [possibly United States Navy Reserve]
Verso of front cover: Inscribed in graphite, center of left edge: J. I. BIGGERS / “43 // 44
Verso of front cover: Inscribed in graphite, center of left edge: J. I. BIGGERS / “43 // 44
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