Untitled
Bill Traylor
American, 1854–1949
Details
Title
Untitled
Artist/Maker
Bill Traylor (American, 1854–1949)
Date
undated
Medium
Graphite and black gouache on cardboard
Dimensions
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Credit
Gift of Leo Rabkin in memory of Dorothea Rabkin
Accession #
2016.216
Location
Currently not on view
Three revelers vie for a drink in this animated scene. On top of a porch denoted by a blue trapezoid, one man begs another to share, while a third smartly hides underneath the porch to avoid them. This is an example of Traylor’s “exciting events”—multifigure scenes that show people partying, fighting, hunting, and the like.
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