Yellow Chicken

Bill Traylor

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Yellow Chicken

Bill Traylor

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Artist: Bill Traylor
Date: c. 1939–40
Medium: Gouache and pencil on board
Dimensions: 14 3/4 × 8 7/8" (37.5 × 22.5 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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Blue Snake

c. 1939–42

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Fat Man in Blue

c. 1939–42

Gouache and pencil on board

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Bill Traylor, Yellow Chicken, c. 1939–40, Gouache and pencil on board, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Yellow Chicken

Exhibition history

More works by Bill Traylor

Untitled (Orange Horse)

Arched Drinker

Blue Snake

Fat Man in Blue

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