Eve

1967

Billy Morrow Jackson

Associated Names
Billy Morrow Jackson

Artist, American, 1926 - 2006

This painting shows a side view of a two-story house with a wrap-around porch. The house occupies most of the frame, with a faint, blurred horizon at the bottom left. The siding of the house is in shades of white and gray, and the roof is a slightly darker blue-gray color. Many windows are visible, partially or entirely covered by window shades in pale yellow, light green, and light blue. Near the center of the image, a large American flag is hung on the side of the building under the porch. It ripples slightly in the wind. On the left, by the red door of the house, an indistinct person sits on a bench or swing on the porch, wearing a teal jacket. The sky is white, and the ground beneath the house is a pale yellowish-green color.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery E406

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on hardboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Artist

  • Dimensions

    overall: 122.1 x 182.9 cm (48 1/16 x 72 in.)
    framed: 125.1 x 185.4 cm (49 1/4 x 73 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.15.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; gift 1970 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Stoessel, U.S. Embassy residence, Bonn, Germany, 1977-1981.

1982

  • Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Damascus, Syria, 1982.

1983

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, U.S. Embassy residence, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1983-1987.

1996

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Robert E. Rubin, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999.

  • In Our Time: A Billy Morrow Jackson Retrospective, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996, no. W30 and unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 181, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 210, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: B. M. JACKSON

Wikidata ID

Q20196760

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