Friday, December 10, 2010

A MYTHOGRAPHIC FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION/ 'The Rabbit Dance' by Eric Whollem/ An abstract painting delineating a fanciful vision of a traditional dance of the Native Americans of Northern California/ Wax emulsion on paper



The Rabbit Dance
1986
by Eric Whollem
mixed media on paper
9" x 6"

COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST
Collection of the artist

The Rabbit Dance

The coastal Native Americans of Northern California have as one
of their traditional dances, the Rabbit Dance. It is a courtship dance.
This work is a fanciful rendering of dancing rabbits, inspired by this
concept.

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