2011.65: Black Dog with Red Tongue
DrawingsOn an almost square piece of light brown board, a dog at center is rendered in a flat, bold black silhouette without a background. The dog stands in profile, facing right. Its mouth is open, from which a thin bright red tongue hangs out and several tiny teeth show. Its wide open eye is a white circle with a black dot at the center, and two pointed ears stand at the top of its blocky head. Four spindly legs support his barrel shaped chest, and a long thin tail curls up behind him at left.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.65
- People
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Bill Traylor, American (Benton, AL c. 1853 - 1949 Montgomery, AL)
- Title
- Black Dog with Red Tongue
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1939-1942
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/337451
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor (black and red) and graphite on paper board
- Dimensions
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sight: 30.7 x 36 cm (12 1/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
framed: 48.8 x 54 cm (19 3/16 x 21 1/4 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- label: removed from mat board: Hirschl & Adler Modern 851 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10021 / Artist: Bill Traylor / Title: Black Dog, Red Tongue / Size & Medium: 12 x 14 in. Poster paint on cardboard / Date: 1939-42 No. M3113D
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Private collection (Charles Shannon?), Montgomery, AL; [Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY], sold; to Didi and David Barrett (January, 1986-2011), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2011.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Collection of Didi & David Barrett ‘71
- Copyright
- © Bill Traylor Family Trust
- Accession Year
- 2011
- Object Number
- 2011.65
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Bill Traylor, exh. cat., Hirschl & Adler Modern Gallery (New York, NY, 1985), cat. 10
Exhibition History
- Bill Traylor, Hirschl & Adler Modern Gallery, 12/02/1985 - 01/01/1986
- 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/2019 - 06/03/2021
Verification Level
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