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Figure with Guitar II
Object Details
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- The woman in this painting is barely visible through the intersecting planes of color and texture, and the curves of her body echo the rounded shapes of the guitar and apple. Henry Fitch Taylor divided the image into geometric shapes that resemble pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, each showing a different part of the woman’s body. The sharp angles and pillarlike shapes suggest a cityscape, as if she is surrounded by tall buildings.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Mary Houston Eddy and Mrs. Marshall Langhorne
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- 1914
- Object number
- 1988.6
- Artist
- Henry Fitch Taylor, born Cincinnati, OH 1853-died Plainfield, NH 1925
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35 x 24 in. (88.9 x 61.0 cm.)
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- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Topic
- Abstract
- Figure
- Object\musical instrument\guitar
- Record ID
- saam_1988.6
- Usage
- CC0
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