Untitled (Yellow and Blue House with Figures and Dog)

Bill Traylor, Untitled (Yellow and Blue House with Figures and Dog), 1939, colored pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2016.14.5, © 1994, Bill Traylor Family Trust
Copied Bill Traylor, Untitled (Yellow and Blue House with Figures and Dog), 1939, colored pencil on paperboard, 22 1⁄4 × 14 1⁄4 in. (56.5 × 36.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2016.14.5, © 1994, Bill Traylor Family Trust

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (Yellow and Blue House with Figures and Dog)
Artist
Date
1939
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
22 1⁄4 × 14 1⁄4 in. (56.5 × 36.2 cm)
Copyright
© 1994, Bill Traylor Family Trust
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
colored pencil on paperboard
Classifications
Highlights
Subjects
  • Object — weapon — gun
  • Object — tool — ladder
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
  • Dress — accessory — hat
  • Recreation — leisure — smoking
  • Animal — dog
  • Animal — bird
  • Figure group — male
Object Number
2016.14.5
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2016.14.5

Exhibitions

Media - 1970.353.1-.116 - SAAM-1970.353.1-.116_9 - 127238
Galleries for Folk and Self-Taught Art
October 21, 2016–January 31, 2030
Smithsonian American Art Museum
SAAM’s collection of folk and self-taught art represents the powerful vision of America’s untrained and vernacular artists.
Media - 2016.14.5 - SAAM-2016.14.5_2 - 129305
Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor
September 27, 2018–April 7, 2019
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Bill Traylor is regarded today as one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. His drawn and painted imagery embodies the crossroads of multiple worlds: black and white, rural and urban, old and new.