Mixed media painting

NamePainting

Artist Purvis Young (1943 - 2010)

Dateca.1985-1991

Place madeMiami, Florida, United States, North America

MediumWood, masonite, paint, glue, metal nails

Dimensions14 9/16 × 38 13/16 × 7/8 in. (37 × 98.6 × 2.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift in recognition of Janet Fleisher, A.2020.17.12

Object numberA.2020.17.12

ProvenanceThis gift from the estate of Janet Fleisher consists of multiple works by two self-taught artists—The Philadelphia Wireman and Purvis Young--whom Janet Fleisher represented in her gallery in Philadelphia. Fleisher opened the Janet Fleisher Gallery near Rittenhouse Square in the mid-1960s and operated it for more than 30 years, until her retirement in 1996. She showed an eclectic variety of work, including work by self-taught or “outsider” artists, one of the earliest galleries to champion this genre of work. Janet Fleisher passed away in 2010.

DescriptionThis painting is comprised of wood, Masonite board, nails, paint, and wood glue. The background of the painting is a pale yellow color, with several figures on either side of the painting in dark blue, light blue and gray paint. In the center of the painted there is a light blue horse in the foreground and a grey blue horse just beyond it. The artist's signature is in the upper proper left hand corner in blue paint.