Aaron Bohrod

Landscape Near Chicago
1934

A whimsical painting depicts a two-story house with a stone facade on the right and a partially constructed wooden structure on the left. In the foreground, a vintage blue car is parked, with a figure in blue overalls leaning against it. Various construction tools and materials are scattered around, including a sawhorse, a tipped-over red can with "KEEP OUT OF GAS" scrawled on it, and a wooden plank with "7 Gals. Varnish" written. The scene is infused with a sense of disarray and humorous chaos.

A whimsical painting depicts a two-story house with a stone facade on the right and a partially constructed wooden structure on the left. In the foreground, a vintage blue car is parked, with a figure in blue overalls leaning against it. Various construction tools and materials are scattered around, including a sawhorse, a tipped-over red can with "KEEP OUT OF GAS" scrawled on it, and a wooden plank with "7 Gals. Varnish" written. The scene is infused with a sense of disarray and humorous chaos.

Not on view

Date
1934

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 24 1/4 × 32 1/4in. (61.6 × 81.9 cm)

Accession number
34.13

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Aaron Bohrod / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/1886

Exhibitions

Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

Aaron Bohrod
10 works in the collection

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