Adam Helms

Man and Buffalo
2005

An illustration of a figure with the body of a person and the head of a bison, seated with a rifle resting on its lap. The figure is wearing a white shirt and pants, and the background features a lightly sketched natural landscape with trees and mountains. The artwork has a surreal quality, with the detailed bison head contrasting against the human body and the unfinished, sketch-like environment.

An illustration of a figure with the body of a person and the head of a bison, seated with a rifle resting on its lap. The figure is wearing a white shirt and pants, and the background features a lightly sketched natural landscape with trees and mountains. The artwork has a surreal quality, with the detailed bison head contrasting against the human body and the unfinished, sketch-like environment.

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Date
2005

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Sight): 47 1/2 × 39 3/4in. (120.7 × 101 cm)

Accession number
2006.48

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Adam Helms
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