Woman+Eating

Date: 1971
 * [[image:http://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=http://americanart.si.edu/images/2005/2005.22A-Z_8a.jpg&max=460 width="279" height="360"]] || Title: **Woman Eating**

Artist: **Duane Hanson** Born: Alexandria, Minnesota 1925 Died: Boca Raton, Florida 1996

Medium: polyester resin, fiberglass, polychromed in oil paint with clothes, table, chair, and accessories Dimensions: 50 x 30 x 55 in. (127.0 x 76.2 x 139.7 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

Accession: 2005.22A-Z || Woman Eating had been on loan to the museum during the 1970s, and for six years delighted and amazed visitors. The return of this Pop-Art icon to the galleries as a part of the permanent collection lends an irreverent touch to the installation. This down-and-out bag lady's dishevelled hair and overweight body prompt in many viewers a combination of pathos and revulsion, making Woman Eating one of Hanson's most affecting tableaux.
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