abstract image of a woman with green curls and peach-colored skin with large round eyes of different sizes, two mouths, and two noses, with PL hand below chin; purple ground with red wavy lines and green brushstrokes

[Woman with Green Hair/Woman with Chin on Hand], 1936-1939

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Watercolor and gouache on paperexpand_more

Anonymous giftexpand_more  2021.119

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This wildly distorted image of a woman was made to provoke a reaction. It was part of a series of such works that Baziotes used to explore the limits of expression through exaggeration. Is the woman frightened' Is she angry' Shocked or surprised' Or trying to make someone laugh' All could be true as the artist was experimenting with new modes of expression to explore emotion and human experience.

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Title
[Woman with Green Hair/Woman with Chin on Hand]
Artist Life
1912 - 1963
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2021.119
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abstract image of a woman with green curls and peach-colored skin with large round eyes of different sizes, two mouths, and two noses, with PL hand below chin; purple ground with red wavy lines and green brushstrokes
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