Museum object · Visual Arts
Untitled (Two women) / Untitled (Ship)
1940s
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Two paintings by Boykin Richardson, on both sides of a wood board. One side of the board is covered with canvas. The front canvas side depicts two (2) women standing on a white path next to a tiled wall. The woman in the foreground is wearing a green suit with a matching hat. She is holding a purse in her right hand and an unidentified object in her left with a patterned scarf draped over her arm. The woman in the background is wearing a red outfit with a white belt and a cross necklace. She is holding a small white bag is standing next to a vase holding flowers. The lower left corner has green grass with small plants and has the artist's initials [BR]. The scene is framed by a pencil-drawn border.
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Catalog reference: 2017.118.4
