four panels of collage of printed papers in bright colors below center, from left: portrait of Handel seated in front of an organ with an illustration of performance of Handel's "Water Music" on boats in ULC, musical score at LLC and trumpet, drum, violin and harp at bottom; part of a panel with a shepherd; scene of the Annunciation with Mary holding a lily outlined in red with angel behind her and dove in URC, with "The Christmas Story According to St. Luke and St. Matthew" printed in blue at top; scene of the Adoration of the Magi at right, with standing Mary holding baby Jesus, three kneeling figures and dove perched in tree at right; three borders of piece have blue ground with white scrolling designs; white ground at top with two rounded areas with blue and green dots of color; red, green and grey with white wavy lines around collage elements; text and date at bottom edge: "WILLIAM . L . HAWKINS . BORN . KY . JULY.", and above text in LRQ: "271895"

%C2%A9 Estate of William Hawkins

Details
Title
Nativity Collage
Artist Life
1895 - 1990
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2016.121.12
Curator Approved

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four panels of collage of printed papers in bright colors below center, from left: portrait of Handel seated in front of an organ with an illustration of performance of Handel's "Water Music" on boats in ULC, musical score at LLC and trumpet, drum, violin and harp at bottom; part of a panel with a shepherd; scene of the Annunciation with Mary holding a lily outlined in red with angel behind her and dove in URC, with "The Christmas Story According to St. Luke and St. Matthew" printed in blue at top; scene of the Adoration of the Magi at right, with standing Mary holding baby Jesus, three kneeling figures and dove perched in tree at right; three borders of piece have blue ground with white scrolling designs; white ground at top with two rounded areas with blue and green dots of color; red, green and grey with white wavy lines around collage elements; text and date at bottom edge: "WILLIAM . L . HAWKINS . BORN . KY . JULY.", and above text in LRQ: "271895"

© Estate of William Hawkins

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