This bus has no passengers, evoking the Montgomery bus boycott of the 1950s when blacks refused to ride the public buses until they could sit where they wanted (Lee Kogan, “Mose Tolliver: Picture Maker,” Folk Art, Fall 1993). The bright colors and childlike shapes create a strangely cheerful image, given that it shows a dangerous episode from the early struggle for civil rights.
- Title
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Untitled (Bus)
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1982
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 15 3⁄4 x 23 1⁄2 in. (40.0 x 59.6 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on plywood
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Architecture – vehicle – bus
- Object Number
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1983.57
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
