Object Details
- Artist
- William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970
- Luce Center Label
- This painting shows an old hotel in Florence, South Carolina, that was once a fashionable destination for visitors coming through by train. In the 1930s the Jacobia had fallen into disrepair and was used as a brothel. William H. Johnson painted this scene in the expressionist style that he had adopted while in Europe, exaggerating the crooked walls and sloping floors so that the structure appears ready to collapse.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
- 1930
- Object number
- 1967.59.741
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 19 7/8 x 23 3/4 in. (50.5 x 60.4 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Architecture Exterior\commercial\hotel
- Architecture Exterior\commercial\Jacobia Hotel
- Record ID
- saam_1967.59.741
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk786e703a5-8f2f-4203-80e6-1215df350107
