<I>The Huckster</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Created by
content: William Pleasant Jr., 1928 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: An oil painting on particle board of a huckster selling fish and crabs. The huckster stands in the middle of a street lined with two story, red-roofed buildings, facing the viewer, with just their head and shoulders visible. The huckster is wearing a white sleeveless top with a white scarf wrapped around their head and a wide basket perched on top of their head. The light brown basket dominates the top half of the top half of the painting. It is filled with crabs and fish and is set against a dark blue sky background. The huckster’s hand is raised to their face, as if calling out. The artist’s signature is in the lower right corner of the painting. There are no inscriptions on the back of the painting.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Exhibition
content: Cultural Expressions
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sadie B. Pleasant and Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.160
objectType: label: Type
content: oil paintings
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © William Pleasant Jr.
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: oil paint on particle board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 23 1/8 × 20 3/8 × 3/16 in. (58.7 × 51.8 × 0.5 cm)