Object Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Four Seasons, 65/120 |
Artist |
Biggers, John |
Date |
1990 |
Medium |
colored lithograph |
Support |
paper |
Dimensions |
34 1/2 x 24 7/8 inches |
Signature |
JB |
Signature Location |
verso |
Inscription |
65/120 Four Seasons |
Inscription Location |
bottom left |
Credit line |
Museum Purchase |
Accession Number |
1994.017 |
Collection |
Work on Paper |
Description |
In 1957, John Biggers first visited Africa and spent six months traveling throughout Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, and Togo. The trip dramatically influenced his artistic values and African imagery became an important part of his art. African motifs are prevalent in Four Seasons in which four women preside over a seemingly never-ending succession of shotgun houses-an architectural form that connects Africa and the American South. Their quilted dresses add to a rhythm of repetition that pervades the space. A railroad track separates the viewer from the women and the houses, perhaps an allusion to segregated neighborhoods in the South. Turtles, which symbolize endurance and longevity in many cultures, creep along the tracks and settle beneath the porches. |
Subjects |
Abstract |
Image |
011\1994.17.JPG |