Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Birdwell, Robert |
Title |
Two Blind Beggars |
Medium |
Etching on paper, 8/20 |
Date |
1952 |
Description |
Robert Birdwell (Knoxville 1924-2016 Knoxville) Two Blind Beggars, 1952 Etching on paper, 8/20 24 x 12 ¼ inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2017 gift of Barbara and Bernard Bernstein in memory of Robert Birdwell For Robert Birdwell, downtown Knoxville was a favorite painting location. In some works, he interprets the city's features as colorful, interlocking geometric forms. In others, as in this early etching, his interest shifts to recording human activity. This work represents the artist's expressive rendering of a homeless Knoxville couple he frequently encountered while sketching downtown. |
Catalog Number |
2017.10.01 |
Search Terms |
Etchings Prints Paper Portrait prints Beggars Blind persons Portraits Knoxville Seven |
Credit line |
gift of Barbara and Bernard Bernstein in memory of Robert Birdwell |