Pithecanthropus

Painting

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Anderson Museum of Art

Name/Title

Pithecanthropus

Entry/Object ID

1979.2.3

Description

Figure siting within cave. View is from the back of the human toward an outside hilly landscape. Figure is located in the right center, and he is picking up a rock. The work is executed is most gray and brown tones. It is signed in pencil in the lower right corner, "Clifton Wheeler." Paper is made along the edges to appear old and torn so not a single edge is straight. They are town and filled with tears.

Type of Painting

Painting on Paper

Acquisition

Accession

1979.2

Source or Donor

Carl F. Andry

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Gift of Carl F. Andry

Made/Created

Artist

Clifton A. Wheeler

Date made

circa 1910 - circa 1953

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Paper

Height

12 in

Width

17 in

Dimension Notes

19" x 23.75" framed

Color

Brown, Tan, White, Beige, Gray, Yellow