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 (10 items)

Earlie Hudnall, Jr., Hip Hop, 1993, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1994.23.7, © 1993, Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Hip Hop
Date1993
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Earlie Hudnall, Jr., Looking Out, 1991, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1994.23.6, © 1991, Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Looking Out
Date1991
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Earlie Hudnall, Jr., Street Champion, 1986, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1994.23.5, © 1986, Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Street Champion
Date1986
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Earlie Hudnall, Jr., The Guardian, 1990, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1994.23.4, © 1990, Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
The Guardian
Date1990
gelatin silver print
Not on view

More Artworks from the Collection

Bently
Dateca. 1975
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Lure of the Sea
Dateca. 1975
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Untitled, ca. 1945-1950, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lewis and Jean Greenblatt, 2002.86.9
Untitled
Dateca. 1945-1950
gelatin silver print
Not on view