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Untitled

1940s

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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

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