Mankey1982–198517 1/4 x 35 " (43.8 x 88.9 cm)House paint on ceramic tileGift of Gordon W. Bailey in honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat 2025.15.30medium should like be updated: Paint on ceramic tile1671189338Sam DoylePaintingsCopyright for this work is under review.upper center: 'ManKEY'lower left: 'S.D.'http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster27226http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster12320http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster12624Frogmore, St. Helena IslandFrogmore, St. Helena IslandUnited StatesSouth CarolinaPaintingsRecent AcquisitionsAmerican Folk Art MuseumFrogmore, St. Helena Island“Parris Island in South Carolina was designated a Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot in 1915. Sam Doyle was a proud patriot and worked over there in the laundry in the 1960s, during the height of the Vietnam War. More than 200,000 recruits were trained on-site prior to their deployment. Doyle could have encountered his subject, Mankey, during his employment, but more likely commemorated a soldier that served during World War II, a conflict most associated with his generation and one he referenced in other works.” (Gordon W. Bailey, acquisition package to the American Folk Art Museum, 2025.) The translucent effect of this moving tribute is enhanced by the smoothness of the ceramic tile surface—this is the only known work that Doyle made on this support.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.orgreviewed by Art Bridges Fellow Austin Losada for the IMLS Neurodiversity Project 2026multiple entries changed by Valerie Rousseau to conform to donor's wishes http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster27226http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster12320http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster12624http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster27226http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster12320http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster12624http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster27226http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster12320http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster1262419821985 2025 15 3 “Parris Island in South Carolina was designated a Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot in 1915. Sam Doyle was a proud patriot and worked over there in the laundry in the 1960s, during the height of the Vietnam War. More than 200,000 recruits were trained on-site prior to their deployment. Doyle could have encountered his subject, Mankey, during his employment, but more likely commemorated a soldier that served during World War II, a conflict most associated with his generation and one he referenced in other works.” (Gordon W. Bailey, acquisition package to the American Folk Art Museum, 2025.) The translucent effect of this moving tribute is enhanced by the smoothness of the ceramic tile surface—this is the only known work that Doyle made on this support.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.orgreviewed by Art Bridges Fellow Austin Losada for the IMLS Neurodiversity Project 2026multiple entries changed by Valerie Rousseau to conform to donor's wishes