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Skinner
Skinner

Skinner

Artist American, 1910 - 1992
Datec. 1937
MediumOil on fiberboard (Homasote)
Dimensions30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum Collection
Object number1976.5.7 LA
DescriptionFrontal half length view of working man with dark blue apron under a lamp with light streaming down from just above his head. Man wears cap with brim pulled down over his eyes and forehead as he looks downwards. He is pulling a piece of skin from a hide spread before him on a table with one hand, and cutting it with a knife with the other hand. The tones are mostly dark blue, purple and brown along with the skintones of his forearms and hands.
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