Figure with Guitar II

Henry Fitch Taylor, born Cincinnati, OH 1853-died Plainfield, NH 1925 · 1914

The woman in this painting is barely visible through the intersecting planes of color and texture, and the curves of her body echo the rounded shapes of the guitar and apple. Henry Fitch Taylor divided the image into geometric shapes that resemble pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, each showing a different part of the woman’s body. The sharp angles and pillarlike shapes suggest a cityscape, as if she is surrounded by tall buildings.