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A minimalist vertical drawing on white paper. It features the faint outline of a figure's head with a collaged photograph of one eye underlined in red.
Man with Discerning Eye
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Man with Discerning Eye

Artist Hiram Williams (American, 1917 - 2003)
Date1983
MediumGraphite collage
Dimensionspaper: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
image: 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (69.9 x 54.6 cm)
ClassificationsCollages
Credit LineGift of Hiram and Avonell Williams
Object number1988.2.49
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Visual DescriptionA minimalist vertical drawing on white paper. It features the faint outline of a figure's head with a collaged photograph of one eye underlined in red.
A minimalist vertical drawing on white paper. It features the faint outline of a figure's head with a collaged photograph of one eye. The left side of the outline is filled in with gray.
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Hiram Williams
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1984
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Dead Dog XI
Hiram Williams
1985
Sketchy drawing of an outline of a human head and shoulders. In the center is a vertical rectangle filled with superimposed outlines of noses forming a columnar structure.
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Hiram Williams
1976
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Hiram Williams
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Abstract drawing on tan paper. The top half features a dense cluster of chaotic, swirling brushstrokes in ochre, brown, and grey. Below this mass, faint pencil lines outline a simple, curved shape resembling a vase.
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Artwork on paper featuring a bottom section of dark, scribbled, vertical gray and black marks of burned grass and weeds, with a faint outline of a snake within the terrain. The upper portion and skyline is blank.
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Hiram Williams
1985
Drawing with a horizontal band of dark green and black strokes along the bottom edge and a central, abstract, banana shape painted in soft washes of pink, grey, and white.
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Hiram Williams
1978
A faint pencil outline of a head. The center features a diffused patch of red pigment containing a dark, jagged diagonal mark. A small grey smudge sits below the red.
Contented Man
Hiram Williams
1983
Abstract drawing of an outline of a face with dark nose, casting a dark shadow. Irregular grey and tan washes frame the upper left and lower left corners.
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