Skip to main content
Sitting and Waiting - the Man Needs
Thornton Dial Sr.
Photo by Gavin Ashworth

© 2016 Estat…
Sitting and Waiting - the Man Needs
Sitting and Waiting - the Man Needs
Thornton Dial Sr.
Photo by Gavin Ashworth

© 2016 Estat…
Sitting and Waiting - the Man Needs Thornton Dial Sr. Photo by Gavin Ashworth © 2016 Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Record Details

Sitting and Waiting - the Man Needs

Artist ((1928–2016))
Date1993
Place/RegionAlabama, United States
MediumEnamel, oil, spray paint, found metal, and wood on canvas on wood
Dimensions60 × 48 × 7 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Ron and June Shelp
Accession number2013.5.1
CopyrightCopyright for this work is under review.
Description

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

The Man Rode Past His Barn to Another New Day
Thornton Dial Sr.
Photo by Gamma One

© 2016 …
Thornton Dial Sr.
1994–1995
2001.2.1
Thornton Dial Sr., “Animal Cookies. Play and Eat”, Bessemer, Alabama, 1992, Enamel and plywood …
Thornton Dial Sr.
1992
2015.17.1
Proud Family
Thornton Dial Sr.
Photo by Adam Reich

© 2016 Estate of Thornton Dial / Artist…
Thornton Dial Sr.
1997
2013.5.4
Thornton Dial Sr., (1928–2016), “People Love to Model”, Bessemer, Alabama, 1990, Oil, braided r…
Thornton Dial Sr.
1990
1992.20.1
Birds Got to Have Somewhere to Roost
Thornton Dial Sr.
Photo by Stephen Pitkin / Pitkin Studi…
Thornton Dial Sr.
2012
2013.6.1
Thornton Dial Sr., (1928–2016), “Oprah Winfrey”, Bessemer, Alabama, 1988, Oil and enamel on ply…
Thornton Dial Sr.
1988
1990.3.3
Thornton Dial Sr., (1928–2016), “A Basket is Like a Man's Mind”, Bessemer, Alabama, 1989, Oil o…
Thornton Dial Sr.
1989
1990.3.4
Untitled
Anthony Joseph Salvatore
Photographer unidentified
Anthony Joseph Salvatore
1984
1985.35.27
King of Africa
Thornton Dial, Jr.
Photo by Brad Wrisley

© 2016 Estate of Thornton Dial / A…
Thornton Dial Jr.
1989
1990.3.2
Hans Krüsi,  “Untitled”, St. Gallen, Switzerland, n.d., Spray paint, felt paint, and felt tip p…
Hans Krüsi
n.d.
2022.6.56
Thornton Dial Sr., “Untitled (with Female Puppet)”, Bessemer, Alabama, n.d., Paint on wood with…
Thornton Dial Sr.
n.d.
1996.17.2