Blue Snake

Bill Traylor

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Blue Snake

Bill Traylor

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Artist: Bill Traylor
Date: c. 1939–42
Medium: Crayon on decorative paper-surfaced cardboard
Dimensions: 3 x 19 1/4" (7.6 x 48.8 cm)
Location: The Museum of Modern Art
Credit: Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon

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Untitled (Orange Horse)

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Arched Drinker

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Fat Man in Blue

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Bill Traylor, Blue Snake, c. 1939–42, Crayon on decorative paper-surfaced cardboard, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Blue Snake

Exhibition history

More works by Bill Traylor

Yellow Chicken

Untitled (Orange Horse)

Arched Drinker

Fat Man in Blue

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