Museum object · Visual Arts
Untitled (House)
1950s
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.
An oil painting depicting a house with green shutters. The house in the painting is a light shade of gray with a blue door, a red foundation, and a red chimney. There is grass on the ground around the house and trees painted in the background along with a blue sky. There is a window on the second story of the house and objects painted on the outside of the house in front of the blue door. The painting is signed on the bottom right corner, [J.L. Wells] in red paint. On the back of the painting [N. Truro Mass] is handwritten in pencil at the top right. In the top left [9763 Wells] is handwritten in pencil. The painting has a brown wooden frame.
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Catalog reference: 2023.111.8
