untitled (Woman Smoking a Pipe, unfinished)

Description:

Watercolor on paper of an unidentified woman seated on a wooden bench as she smokes her pipe. She wears a head scarf and is outlined with thick, cool hues in shades of blue and black. Areas of dark shadow and exposed skin are shaded using a wet-in-wet technique. The image is a study for a larger work, suggested by the second outline of the woman and the hatched setting (see 1975.32.156).

• Title: untitled (Woman Smoking a Pipe, unfinished)
• Creator: Mary Wilson Ball, 1892-1984
• Date: Undated
• Culture: American
• School: Charleston Renaissance Movement
• Dimensions: H-18 W-12 inches

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• Collection: Works on Paper Collection
• Object Name: Mary Wilson Ball Artwork
• Other Name: Watercolor on Paper Figure Study
• Object Id: 1975.32.155

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