- On View
- Cultural Expressions Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Created by
- Pleasant, William Jr., 1928 - 1997
- Subject of
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- oil paint on particle board
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 23 1/8 × 20 3/8 × 3/16 in. (58.7 × 51.8 × 0.5 cm)
- Description
- An oil painting on particle board of a huckster selling fish and crabs. The huckster stands in the middle of a street lined with two story, red-roofed buildings, facing the viewer, with just their head and shoulders visible. The huckster is wearing a white sleeveless top with a white scarf wrapped around their head and a wide basket perched on top of their head. The light brown basket dominates the top half of the top half of the painting. It is filled with crabs and fish and is set against a dark blue sky background. The huckster’s hand is raised to their face, as if calling out. The artist’s signature is in the lower right corner of the painting. There are no inscriptions on the back of the painting.
- Place depicted
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Art
- Business
- Communities
- Cooking and dining
- Foodways
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sadie B. Pleasant and Family
- Object number
- 2016.160
- Restrictions & Rights
- © William Pleasant Jr.
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




