Mt Brock of Air Cave Pass Near Carson City Nevada
<p>The inscription Yoakum made, "Modle Dont paint," on this and other drawings refers to his occasional practice of making tracings of his drawings, over which he would apply colors. As Chicago artist Jim Nutt has noted, the two drawings would have very similar linear elements, but the color would vary greatly. Yoakum's practice of "mass production" was of no consequence to his patrons because each drawing had its own unique qualities.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1963
- Dimensions
- 30.6 × 45.6 cm (12 1/16 × 18 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Joseph Yoakum
Artist
Drawing
Joseph Elmer Yoakum was an American self-taught painter. He was of African-American and possibly of Native American–descent, and was known for his landscape paintings in the outsider art-style. He was age 76 when he started to record his memories in the form of imaginary landscapes and produced over 2,000 drawings during the last decade of his life.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Joseph Yoakum
- Year
- 1963
- Dimensions
- 30.6 × 45.6 cm (12 1/16 × 18 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1963-015096
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified