John Biggers (1924-2001), Gleaner, 1966.

John Biggers

(1924-2001)

Gleaner.

Lithograph on Rives BFK, 1966.

Signed, titled, dated and numbered 6/8a in pencil, lower margin.

17 x 12 in. (43.2 x 30.5 cm.)

Additional Details

Provenance: Illustrated:

Olive Jensen Theisen, A Life on Paper: The Drawings and Lithographs of John Thomas Biggers, 2006, p. 69, fig. 52.

Notes:

Inspired by Jean-François Millet's famous painting, The Gleaners (1857), this print revisits Biggers' early interest in the theme of tending the land. The model depicted is the artist's mother.

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