John Biggers
Untitled (Ananse)

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© John T. Biggers Estate / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY, Estate Represented by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

Untitled (Ananse)
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ArtistAmerican, 1924–2001
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untitled (Ananse)
Date1968
MediumConté crayon on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/4 × 12 3/4 in. (33.7 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2020.215
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 207
On view

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ProvenanceThe artist; Hazel Hale Biggers, the artist’s wife; the Estate of Hazel Hales Biggers, Fayetteville, North Carolina, purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, top edge: ANANSE [faded]
Recto: Signed in graphite, bottom left corner: John Biggers [inverted, lightly erased]
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, bottom right corner: Biggers '68

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