<I>Truckin</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: Created by
content: William T. Williams, American, born 1942
notes: label: Caption
content: William T. Williams has made his reputation as one of the foremost geometric abstractionists of his generation. He favors bold colors and non-traditional juxtapositions of hard-edged shapes to create robust works that have the power to transform spaces and environments. The title, Truckin, has several sources. It was the name of a popular dance sensation in 1930s Harlem that inspired many songs, including one written by Fats Waller. It may also reference a slang expression that roughly translates, "moving along" with style despite challenges. It later became the title of a popular piece by the Grateful Dead.
label: Description
content: This is a large rectangular acrylic painting on cotton canvas. The painting consists of various overlapping geometric shapes and lines in bright colors including fuschia, brown, olive, navy, blue, orange, green, red, teal, pink and black, set against a light orange background.The shapes are bordered with thin white lines.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Abstraction
label: Topic
content: Art
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.130.2
objectType: label: Type
content: acrylic paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © William T. Williams
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acrylic on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (unframed): 84 3/16 × 60 1/16 × 1 1/2 in. (213.8 × 152.6 × 3.8 cm)