Saturday Night196513 1/2 x 17 1/2 "
Frame: 16 1/2 x 20 3/4 x 1/2 "Oil on boardMuseum of American Folk Art purchase in memory of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Siegel, Atlanta, Georgia1987.19.10Painting of Saturday night revieries with eight figures drinking and fighting around a central red house with sloping black roof: poplar-type trees LS and RS on grassy ground. Man drinking from bottle sits on roof URS wearing wide brimmed hat: man by steps holding long tube wearing cap dropping liquid to man lying supine on ground drinking from bottle. Two men fighting on ground: center, woman in blue dress and man in orange shirt sharing drink; man wearing lilac shirt leaning against tree RS drinking from bottle. House with central circular window with stylized fan: window RS and door LS with two steps. Against yellow-tan background with atmospheric streaks of blue and purple across upper sky. 152430315Clementine HunterPaintingsverso: 'Saturday Night'verso printed on label: '#36 "Saturday Night" Clementine Hunter'lower right: 'ↃH'NatchitochesNatchitochesUnited StatesLouisianaPaintingsNatchitochesMany of her paintings depict scenes of life around the plantation, the cotton industry of the plantation and scenes connected with the religious life of her community. A building known as the African House, standing on the plantation, now houses the paintings of Clementine Hunter as well her murals of plantation life executed in the 1950's. These murals include a "Saturday Night" segment. This was one of Hunter's repeated themes, often called "Saturday Night at the Honky Tonk." The building depicted in the paintings actually exists on the banks of the Cane River, across from her house. The building, known as "Bubba's" has since burned.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org19651965 1987 19 1 Many of her paintings depict scenes of life around the plantation, the cotton industry of the plantation and scenes connected with the religious life of her community. A building known as the African House, standing on the plantation, now houses the paintings of Clementine Hunter as well her murals of plantation life executed in the 1950's. These murals include a "Saturday Night" segment. This was one of Hunter's repeated themes, often called "Saturday Night at the Honky Tonk." The building depicted in the paintings actually exists on the banks of the Cane River, across from her house. The building, known as "Bubba's" has since burned.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org