(Samuel) Wood Gaylor

H.E.F. Auction
1931

A colorful folk art painting depicting an indoor scene with a group of people attending an auction. The room is adorned with a striped yellow and blue tent-like ceiling and large windows showing a green landscape. In the center, an auctioneer stands at a podium with an American flag on either side, while attendees sit at tables filled with items and artworks. Two paintings are displayed on easels, and a man in the back center holds up a third painting. The style is naive with a strong use of bold colors and minimal detailing.

A colorful folk art painting depicting an indoor scene with a group of people attending an auction. The room is adorned with a striped yellow and blue tent-like ceiling and large windows showing a green landscape. In the center, an auctioneer stands at a podium with an American flag on either side, while attendees sit at tables filled with items and artworks. Two paintings are displayed on easels, and a man in the back center holds up a third painting. The style is naive with a strong use of bold colors and minimal detailing.

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Date
1931

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil and ink on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 24 1/8 × 40 1/8in. (61.3 × 101.9 cm)

Accession number
80.48.2

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Howard and Jean Lipman

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/2648

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

(Samuel) Wood Gaylor
5 works in the collection

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