Edward Higgins (1930–2006) was an American sculptor known for abstract and figurative constructions in welded steel. Born in South Carolina, Higgins emerged in New York during the late 1950s and early 1960s, creating sculptures from industrial materials including steel plate, pipes and other fabricated metal forms. Although often abstract in appearance, Higgins described the human figure and relationships among figures as an important structural and emotional foundation for his work. He received early recognition through exhibitions at New York’s Leo Castelli Gallery and was included in the Museum of Modern Art’s Recent Sculpture U.S.A. in 1959 and Americans 1963. His work also appeared repeatedly in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s annual exhibitions of contemporary sculpture and was included in Documenta 4 in Kassel, Germany, in 1968. Higgins received an M.A. in studio art from the University of California, Davis in 1965, during the formative years of the university’s art department. His work is held in major museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art.