Untitled - 2 Pigs at Littleton Museum

Acrylic painting; "Untitled (2 Pigs at Littleton Museum)", by Betty Carlson, 1982; painting depicts two pigs laying down; upper pig on black parallelogram, facing to left of image, front leg pointing to left below head, with curled tail; lower pig partially covering black portion of image, facing right, leg pointing right below head, tail slightly curved; black portion of painting has whitish-grey border, with brown in upper left corner; pigs are pinkish-white in color, with lower pig having a pink snout.

Untitled (2 pigs at Littleton Museum)
Betty Carlson
1982
Acrylic on paper
Gift to the Fine Arts Board

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Betty Carlson was a frequent visitor to the Littleton Museum, and participated in the Own An Original open art exhibitions for years, before moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1991.

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