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Painting of an outline of face with white irregular brushstrokes at center. The background is comprised of loose brushstrokes in shades of green.
Curious Man
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Curious Man

Artist Hiram Williams (American, 1917 - 2003)
Date1965
MediumOil and mixed media on canvas
Dimensions43 1/4 x 36 in. (109.9 x 91.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Hiram and Avonell Williams
Object number1988.2.169
Collections
Visual DescriptionPainting of an outline of face with white irregular brushstrokes at center. The background is comprised of loose brushstrokes in shades of green.
A painting with a light grey top and tan bottom. Left of center, a vertical orange-brown form is heavily textured with grey and white brushstrokes along its left side. A thin dark right-angle line marks the bottom left.
Floating Bottle 2
Hiram Williams
2001
A horizontal drawing on a gray background features a pale pink, abstract, biomorphic shape floating near the center. Black, sketchy lines define the shape and cross through it diagonally. The background has loose, textural gray brushstrokes.
Almost Dead Dog
Hiram Williams
1986
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
Hiram Williams
1986
A tall, rectangular yellow painting featuring a dark, drippy black mass and thin, dark vertical lines, faint scribbles, and scattered splatters forming the outline of an alligator in water.
Swimming Gator
Hiram Williams
1993
An abstract figure of a horse rendered in energetic brushstrokes and smudges of green, yellow, black, blue, and white. There are collages photographic images of a child and dog on the horse's head and figures in a landscape to the horse's right.
With the Wind
William N. Schaaf
1984 - 1986
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
An abstract painting on paper featuring muted earthy pink and brown washes, bisected by a faint horizontal line. A dark, blurred triangular shape occupies the lower center, pointing upwards toward the dividing line.
Beach Road (Audience Goes to Beach)
Hiram Williams
1985
A lightly sketched head outline encloses a soft peach wash. An irregular orange and brown blotch with jagged black ink borders sits near the right, accented by thick strokes of white paint.
Self Portrait 5m
Hiram Williams
2000
A drawing featuring a drawn upper border enclosing a smudged grey wash with thin diagonal lines. Below this is a thick, wavy reddish-brown band covered in short dark marks, with two vertical streaks extending into the blank white lower section.
Where Only Man is Vile
Hiram Williams
1992
A drawing with a textured, dark brownish-grey undulating mound across the lower half, featuring a U-shaped dip in the center. Thin, erratic dark lines sprout upward from the mound into a smudged, off-white upper section.
Mystical Events in the Muncy Hills
Hiram Williams
1992
Sketchy portrait drawing of a man with wild, thin grey hair and a long beard. The face appears weathered, rendered in muted greys, pinks, and blues. He wears a simple collared shirt outlined in pencil.
Lennie as a Sceptic
Hiram Williams
1980
A painting depicting a head and shoulders on a brushed blue background. The face lacks discernible features, rendered in smeared peach, pink, and reddish flesh tones, and is obscured by a series of dotted white horizontal lines.
Large Head, Blue, Four Mouths
Hiram Williams
c. 1980

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