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
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

Works by this artist (4 items)

John Alexander McDougall, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1835, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1946.12.2
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Dateca. 1835
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
John Alexander McDougall, Emilia Field Brewer, ca. 1875, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. David Karrick, 1963.8.1
Emilia Field Brewer
Artist
Dateca. 1875
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
John Alexander McDougall, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1839, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.25.2
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Date1839
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
John Alexander McDougall, Portrait of a Lady, 1839, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.25.1
Portrait of a Lady
Artist
Date1839
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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.

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Anson Dickinson, Charles Francis Adams, 1827, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Milmore, 1950.4.34
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Goyena family, Bisonte con palmeras (Bison with Palm Trees), ca. 1825-1850, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1996.91.16
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Goyena family, Col. Joaquin Goyena, before 1834, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1996.91.15
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