Untitled (Man in Blue and Brown)

Bill Traylor, Untitled (Man in Blue and Brown), ca. 1940-1942, opaque watercolor and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.91, © 1994, Bill Traylor Family Trust
Bill Traylor, Untitled (Man in Blue and Brown), ca. 1940-1942, opaque watercolor and pencil on paperboard, 15 × 11 1⁄2 in. (38.1 × 29.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.91, © 1994, Bill Traylor Family Trust

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (Man in Blue and Brown)
Artist
Date
ca. 1940-1942
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
15 × 11 1⁄2 in. (38.1 × 29.2 cm)
Copyright
© 1994, Bill Traylor Family Trust
Credit Line
The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson
Mediums Description
opaque watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Dress — accessory — cane
  • Figure male — full length
  • Dress — accessory — hat
Object Number
2016.38.91
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2016.38.91

Works by this artist (17 items)

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Bill Traylor, Untitled (Brown Pig), April 1940, opaque watercolor and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.70, © 1994, Bill Traylor Family Trust
Untitled (Brown Pig)
Artist
DateApril 1940
opaque watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Not on view
Bill Traylor, Untitled (Radio), ca. 1940-1942, opaque watercolor and pencil on printed advertising paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2016.14.4, © 1994, Bill Traylor Family Trust
Untitled (Radio)
Artist
Dateca. 1940-1942
opaque watercolor and pencil on printed advertising paperboard
Not on view
Bill Traylor, Untitled (Red Goat with Snake), ca. 1940-1942, opaque watercolor and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Judy A. Saslow, 2016.15, © 1994, Bill Traylor Family Trust
Untitled (Red Goat with Snake)
Artist
Dateca. 1940-1942
opaque watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Not on view
Bill Traylor, Untitled (Man, Woman, and Dog), 1939, crayon and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.199, © 1994, Bill Traylor Family Trust
Untitled (Man, Woman, and Dog)
Artist
Date1939
crayon and pencil on paperboard
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2016.38.43R-V - SAAM-2016.38.43R-V_2 - 126225
We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection
July 1, 2022–March 26, 2023
Smithsonian American Art Museum
We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection traces the rise of self-taught artists in the twentieth century and examines how, despite wide-ranging societal, racial, and gender-based obstacles, their creativity and

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