Museum object · Visual Arts
Untitled
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.
A painting on glass by Boykin Richardson depicting a large white building with a red roof and numerous windows. The foreground has a circular drive and an oval grassy area with a central tree. There are lawns with trees on both sides of the structure. The multi-story building is in the center of the painting. It has a central staircase and numerous wings and entrances. There are smaller white structures on either side. A hill rises behind the main building with a green sky in the background. The painting has a red border, possibly oil pastel. The work is signed in the lower right: [Drawn by Boykin Richardson]. The reverse is blank.
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Catalog reference: 2017.118.6
