<I>The Hireling Shepherd</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2014
name: label: Created by
content: Kermit Oliver, American, born 1943
notes: label: Description
content: An acrylic painting, in the artist’s frame, titled “The Hireling Shepherd” by Kermit Oliver. The work depicts a male figure, the titular shepherd, standing in the center of the image wearing a white, long-sleeved shirt, black pants, and black dress shoes. He stands on a dirt road, with his proper left hand on a tall wooden staff and his proper right resting on his hip. At the base of the staff is a red and black banded snake. A black and white cat sits to the proper right of the shepherd. At the edge of the road behind them is a coyote, his teeth sunk into the neck of a slain black and white sheep. In the further background to the right of the shepherd, a black and white dog is partially visible standing in the field. In the far background is a stand of trees. The painting is signed at lower left: [OLIVER].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Nature
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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 Carroll Parrott Blue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.39.36ab
objectType: label: Type
content: works on paper
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kermit Oliver
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acrylic paint on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (unframed): 18 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (47.6 × 32.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 26 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (67.3 × 52.1 cm)