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A drawing depicts a central, upright, oblong shape shaded in charcoal and pink, rising from a low band of faint, scribbled graphite lines.
Orton's Stump
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Orton's Stump

Artist Hiram Williams (American, 1917 - 2003)
Date1983
MediumCollage, graphite, acrylic, wash
Dimensionspaper: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
image: 20 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (52.1 x 67.3 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Hiram and Avonell Williams
Object number1988.2.57
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