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Robert Riggs
Tribesmen with Headdresses - Photo Realism

Circa 1950 - 1955

About the Item

Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel "Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years and received many additional awards." He was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts and the U.S. Library of Congress. Riggs's compositons are "monumental" Walt Reed Riggs was a Gay Artist Collection of Phillip Desind Freeman's Auctions Signed lower right and on verso Work is framed
  • Creator:
    Robert Riggs (1896 - 1970, American)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1950 - 1955
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21.25 in (53.98 cm)Width: 17.25 in (43.82 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Good. There are a few frame abrasions on the extreme edges of the work. Otherwise the work in is excellent condition with the colors rich and saturated. .
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38537457392
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