<I>Untitled (Two women) / Untitled (Ship)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1940s
name: label: Created by
content: Boykin Richardson, American, 1878 - 1973
label: Owned by
content: Susan Alexander, American, died 2011
notes: label: Description
content: Two paintings by Boykin Richardson, on both sides of a wood board. One side of the board is covered with canvas. The front canvas side depicts two (2) women standing on a white path next to a tiled wall. The woman in the foreground is wearing a green suit with a matching hat. She is holding a purse in her right hand and an unidentified object in her left with a patterned scarf draped over her arm. The woman in the background is wearing a red outfit with a white belt and a cross necklace. She is holding a small white bag is standing next to a vase holding flowers. The lower left corner has green grass with small plants and has the artist's initials [BR]. The scene is framed by a pencil-drawn border. The canvas is wrapped around to the reverse and is held together with red and white patterned string that crisscross over the back. The painted board underneath this wrapping depicts a steamer ship. The ship is black and white with red smokestacks. The ocean liner is moving through rough water. There are three (3) mountains in the background with a green sky. There is a white, red, and black lighthouse on the left side.
title: label: Title
content: Board with two paintings by Boykin Richardson
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
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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, Gift of the Estate of Susan Alexander
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.118.4
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint and graphite on canvas and wood with ink and string
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 23 7/8 × 13 15/16 × 1/2 in. (60.6 × 35.4 × 1.2 cm)