Artist
John Biggers (American, 1924–2001)American, 1924–2001
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled (Washerwoman)
Date1945
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsPanel: 28 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (72.4 × 59.1 cm)
Frame: 30 3/4 × 25 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (78.1 × 65.4 × 4.1 cm)
Frame: 30 3/4 × 25 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (78.1 × 65.4 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2020.347
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Afro-Atlantic Histories," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 24, 2021–January 17, 2022; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 11, 2022–September 10, 2023; Dallas Museum of Art, October 22, 2023–February 11, 2024. (OL.1505)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated lower right: Biggers ’45
N.A.
Catalogue raisonnéN.A.
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