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Art

Gadsden Arts Center & Museum

Name/Title

untitled

Entry/Object ID

2017.3.11

Description

Executed in Mumma's signature style, this portrait of a figure with hands is painted in red and accented with dark features and blue eyes. The paints are rich and evocative, lending the simple figure a high degree of emotion. The canvas is encased in a black wooden frame.

Artwork Details

Medium

Canvas, Acrylic Paint

Collection

Southern Vernacular Art Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2017.3

Source or Donor

Hill, Lou and Calynne

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Mumma, Eddy

Role

Artist

Date made

n.d.

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

8 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Edward "Mr. Eddy" Mumma (1908-1986) Edward Mumma was born in Milton, Ohio, and after his wife's death in 1966 retired to Gainesville, Florida. Most of Edward Mumma's work consists of abstract versions of portraits focusing on faces and hands. His portraits almost always depict the same close-up, expressionless round face, with variations of colors, hand placements, and dress. Often, Mumma painted on both sides of his canvas or board paintings, and crudely framed them with scrap wood or plastic.

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Create Date

January 26, 2017