Eugene Higgins

In the Depths

n.d.

Several shadowed figures sit around a small light in a dark cave-like space.
Several shadowed figures sit around a small light in a dark cave-like space.

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Date
n.d.

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching in bound portfolio

Dimensions
Sheet (Mount): 11 13/16 × 8 1/4 in. (30 × 21 cm) Sheet (Print): 4 × 4 7/8 in. (10.2 × 12.4 cm) Plate: 3 7/8 × 4 3/4 in. (9.8 × 12.1 cm)

Accession number
31.951.19

Publication
Printed by Eugene Higgins

Credit line
Gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/4343

Part of a series:
24 Etchings
25 works

Small dark abstract etching centered on a large blank cream page.
Two children approach a seated woman in a dim doorway, one child reaching out.
Two figures stand in a dark archway watching a person walk toward sunlit ruins.
A person sleeps on a bed in a dim rustic room lit by a small window.
An older blind man with a cane is led by a companion across a dark landscape.
A small dark etching shows a person leaning over a table, reading by candlelight.
A solitary cloaked figure stands in a narrow dark passageway, head bowed.
A solitary woman in a long dress stands with her head bowed in a dim interior.
Etching of a dark city street with a tall church tower on an open book page.
Woman carrying a candle down stone steps in a dark arched passageway.

Eugene Higgins
30 works in the collection, 7 exhibitions

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