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Gravedigger

Eddie Arning1969

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Williamsburg, United States

Composition is contained within an outer border of bright pink approx. 1 1/8" wide, followed by an inner border of black approx. 5/8" wide. Background of the composition is bright green. Two men stand in the center, one on either side of a rectangle marked off by white lines and representing a grave. Five such rectangles appear in total between and around the men. Each is marked off by white bordering with a yellow interior (except center one which is half-green, half-yellow). Yellow (dirt) is piled up beside the center grave. Four outer graves bear both headstones and footstones, headstones all marked "BORN" and one footstone marked "JL". Man on left is dressed in black with blue undershirt, pipe in mouth, wide-brimmed hat with band on head, brown shoes, shovel in anatomical R hand. Man on right holds pick-axe aloft, wears yellow pants and tan-pink colored shirt. Learn more at the link below.

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  • Title: Gravedigger
  • Creator: Eddie Arning
  • Date Created: 1969
  • Location Created: Austin, Texas
  • Type: art
  • Rights: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • External Link: Learn more
  • Medium: Oil pastel and pencil on wove green-colored paper
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