How Do You Figure?

A focused exhibition space within the first Early American Art Gallery will feature rotating artworks opening with How Do You Figure? 

The works in this exhibition are from the permanent collection and span the 1700s to today, offering a variety of approaches, styles, and media for depicting the human body. The examples are rich and varied, from fully finished paintings to preliminary sketches and feature many artworks on view for the first time. Comprised of 35 works, the exhibition offers visitors a chance to explore the complexities of process and anatomy.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website

John Koch, Studio - End of Day, 1961; Oil on canvas 60 x 60 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano