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L'Apres Midi Chez L'Indio

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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
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Rhodes College Collection of Art
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Abstract
This piece was painted by Tennessee Williams in 1979 using oil paint and pencil. A figure with black hair, dressed in a red shirt and blue pants, sits with eyes closed at the center of the composition, against a white background. Above the figure float abstract elements: a yellow circle, blue brushstrokes, and geometric shapes in green, yellow, and orange. The figure is framed by green cacti against a brown-yellow background. The French title, "L'Apr"s-Midi Chez L'Indio" (Afternoon With The Indian), appears along the bottom center of the canvas, signed"T.W." in the lower right corner. On the back, it is signed"Tennessee Williams / [illegible] 1979". This piece was loaned by Kenneth Holditch to the Columbus State University in Georgia in 2018. https://allongeorgia.com/muscogee-lifestyle/painting-by-tennessee-williams-on-display-at-csus-schwob-library/
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This artwork was photographed and cataloged by Echo O'Connor (class of 2025) during the fall of 2024. This painting was acquired by Rhodes College from Kenneth Holditch (1933-2022) during the summer of 2024. Holditch graduated from Southwestern at Memphis with the class of 1955, and worked as a Tennessee Williams scholar in his role on the faculty at the University of New Orleans.