Untitled #1 (Picket Fence and Farmhouse) from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black

Dawoud Bey, Untitled #1 (Picket Fence and Farmhouse) from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black, 2017, printed 2018, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer, 2019.29.1, © 2019, Dawoud Bey
Copied Dawoud Bey, Untitled #1 (Picket Fence and Farmhouse) from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black, 2017, printed 2018, gelatin silver print, overall: 48 × 59 in. (121.9 × 149.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer, 2019.29.1, © 2019, Dawoud Bey

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled #1 (Picket Fence and Farmhouse) from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black
Artist
Date
2017, printed 2018
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
overall: 48 × 59 in. (121.9 × 149.9 cm)
Copyright
© 2019, Dawoud Bey
Credit Line
Gift of Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Highlights
Subjects
  • Landscape — time — night
  • Architecture Exterior — detail — fence
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — farmhouse
Object Number
2019.29.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2019.29.1

Exhibitions

Media - 2019.29.1 - SAAM-2019.29.1_1 - 138052
Dawoud Bey and William H. Johnson
May 12, 2021–August 5, 2021
Smithsonian American Art Museum
This focused installation features recently acquired photographs by Dawoud Bey in conversation with a painting by William H. Johnson that refer to the Underground Railroad.