Piano Playing Cow - I Give Better Butter Milk
Object Details
- Artist
- Ruby C. Williams
- Date
- 2004
- Medium
- acrylic on plywood
- Dimensions
- 13 3/4 × 23 13/16 × 11/16 in. (35 × 60.5 × 1.7 cm)
- Caption
- Music and milk mingle in this acrylic painting on plywood by Ruby C. Williams (1930-). A stylized orange cow with a red head, yellow udders, and a black tail stares at the viewer from a green meadow. Like a checkered spine, black and white piano keys line the horned cow’s back. White lettering in a blue sky reads: “Piano Playing Cow—I give better butter milk.” Joy found in music and in farming are themes explored by Williams, whose art emerged from making roadside signs to sell her home-grown produce. Her work was featured in the Anacostia Community Museum’s exhibition, On Their Own: Selected Works by Self-Taught African American Artists (2005).
- Accession Number
- 2005.0007.0001
- Type
- painting
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- acm_2005.0007.0001
