Rotara

Nancy Graves

1986

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Abstract form in yellow applied to center of paper, gray lines radiate from center
Large, colorful, square painting depicting the interior of the famed Birmingham gay bar Gizmo, featuring a bartender behind the blue-topped bar with red stools chatting with a patron wearing a yellow shirt with bottles of liquor and glassware in the background, a man dressed in black wearing a black cap leaning on the bar, a couple in an amorous position behind him, tables with patrons in the background and in the foreground with a seated couple drinking and smoking, on the right a couple dancing and on the left a shirtless couple dancing.
Woman's face with blue eyes, black hair with white spots, and red and white top.
Bright blue watercolor applied in square area with stylized green and brown leaves at bottom center of composition. Slight pencil lines visible at corners and edges of blue area.