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Robert RiggsIndian Ritual Walking on Fire, Firewalking Ceremony, Mythology and Religion1955
1955
$25,000
£19,231.67
€22,322.50
CA$35,255.97
A$39,492.62
CHF 20,742.95
MX$480,217.50
NOK 262,673.46
SEK 249,347.75
DKK 166,601.42
About the Item
Narrative artist Robert Riggs captures a highly-charged scene of an Indian firewalking ceremony. Firewalking is part of a religious ritual and is associated with the mystical powers of fakirs. Devotees run over a fire furnace during a religious procession in Gulbarga. This powerful work was most likely done for a major newsstand magazine assignment. Riggs in his day was one of the most well-known artists/illustrators in the US then came to the advent of photography for magazine illustrations and the second wave of the Golden Age of Illustration ended and so did the fame of Robert Riggs. Signed Riggs lower right and on verso, Dated on Verso - unframed. Painted with dry pigment, gum arabic, and mastic varnish on Renaissance Panel.
Gum arabic is used as a binder for water-based painting because it dissolves easily in water Pigment of any color is suspended within the acacia gum in varying amounts, resulting in water-based paint. PAinting has been cropped from original version which is wider.
- Creator:Robert Riggs (1896 - 1970, American)
- Creation Year:1955
- Dimensions:Height: 14.4 in (36.58 cm)Width: 12.75 in (32.39 cm)
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- Condition:Good/Fair scattered foxing thoughout and minor varnish issues, surface grime, smokiness to dark areas. Yellowing of varnish. Could benefit from some conservation.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU385310149912
Robert Riggs
Known for his scenes of prize-fighting and circus-genre, Robert Riggs had a highly successful career as an artist, especially in the ‘30s and ‘40s. His painting, The Brown Bomber, showed the boxing victory of Joe Louis over Max Schmeling. This is one of the paintings that earned Riggs election to the National Academy of Design in 1946. He was born in Decatur, Illinois, and as a young man ran away from home and joined the circus. He studied at the James Milliken University in Illinois and then trained at the Art Students League in New York, but his study was interrupted by Army service in the First World War. He attended the Académie Julian in Paris and then returned to the United States where he settled in Philadelphia and worked for N. W. Ayer & Sons, an advertising agency for whom he did numerous illustrations.
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