The Barricade

Wynn Chamberlain, The Barricade, 1958, egg tempera on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.15, © 1958, Wynn Chamberlain
Wynn Chamberlain, The Barricade, 1958, egg tempera on fiberboard, 2532 18 in. (63.481.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.15, © 1958, Wynn Chamberlain

Artwork Details

Title
The Barricade
Date
1958
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
2532 18 in. (63.481.6 cm.)
Copyright
© 1958, Wynn Chamberlain
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
egg tempera on fiberboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Equestrian
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
  • Architecture Exterior — detail — fence
  • Landscape
Object Number
1986.6.15

Artwork Description

Collector Sara Roby believed that the most effective way to encourage the “creation and appreciation of the visual arts” in the United States was to acquire the works of living artists and exhibit them to the public, so she set up a Foundation. The Sara Roby Foundation purchased The Barricade directly from the artist the year it was painted and included it in the first major show of the its collection, held in 1959 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.


Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014

Works by this artist (4 items)

Charles White, The Children, 1950, ink and graphite on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Julie Seitzman and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2009.13
The Children
Date1950
ink and graphite on paper
Not on view
Charles White, Love Letter, 1971, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of June Wayne, 1991.179.14, © 1971, Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles
Love Letter
Date1971
color lithograph on paper
Not on view
Charles White, Love Letter, 1971, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of June Wayne, 1991.179.15, © 1971, Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles
Love Letter
Date1971
color lithograph on paper
Not on view
Charles White, Hasty B, 1970, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.155.1
Hasty B
Date1970
lithograph on paper
Not on view

More Artworks from the Collection

Lee Godie, To the Dynamic Sarlo (Woman in Red with Decorated Hat), 1960s, oil and acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.22
To the Dynamic Sarlo (Woman in Red with Decorated Hat)
Date1960s
oil and acrylic on canvas
Not on view
Barry Dalgleish, Interior with Trunk, 1984, acrylic and oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.84.2
Interior with Trunk
Date1984
acrylic and oil on canvas
Not on view
Stanley Edwards, Infant in Altar IV, 1965, oil and acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Martha Jackson Memorial Collection, 1980.137.24
Infant in Altar IV
Date1965
oil and acrylic on canvas
Not on view