A hazy drawing on a white background features a dark, layered landscape across the bottom with a small black triangle at the center. Thin, dark tree-like stalks rise from the horizon.

Where Audience Plays I

Artist Hiram Williams (American, 1917 - 2003)

Date1985

MediumInk, wash and graphite on paper

Dimensionspaper: 22 1/4 x 30 in. (56.5 x 76.2 cm)
image: 18 1/4 x 27 3/4 in. (46.4 x 70.5 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineGift of Hiram and Avonell Williams

Object number1988.2.13

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Visual DescriptionA hazy drawing on a white background features a dark, layered landscape across the bottom with a small black triangle at the center. Thin, dark tree-like stalks rise from the horizon.

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