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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.
Snooty Bouquet
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Snooty Bouquet

Artist Hiram Williams (American, 1917 - 2003)
Date1986
MediumOil, graphite, pencil
Dimensionspaper: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
image: 27 x 19 1/2 in. (68.6 x 49.5 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Hiram and Avonell Williams
Object number1988.2.94
Collections
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