Retrospective: A survey of two decades of paintings
Rigor Mortis. 1998.
Circa 1960's Ken doll sans the head, plaster and acrylic on canvas. 40"x34". © WL Smith 1998. Collection of The WL Smith Revocable Living Trust.rigor 1. A sudden, paroxysmal chill with high temperature, called the cold stage, followed by a sense of heat and profuse perspiration, called the hot stage.
2. A state of hardness and stiffness, as in a muscle.
r. mortis. The stiffness seen in corpses.
