Saturday Night Function

Title: Saturday Night Function
Date: 1950
Creator: William Hayden, 1916- See all items with this value
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: William Hayden was a painter and educator from Lexington, NC. Saturday Night Function is a juke joint scene depicting Black people dancing, playing instruments, and socializing. Hayden illuminates the interiorities of African-American nightlife in the mid-1900s.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Recreation See all items with this value; Music See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Nightlife; Black Art; Social life and customs
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Measurements: 35.5 in. x 47.5 in.
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 1950.004
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.079
Rights: All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
Contributing Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Source: Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
Collection: Atlanta Art Annuals See all items with this value
Language: English

Item sets: Art; HBCU Black Joy: Legacy of Black Joy; HBCU Students in the Atlanta University Annuals Collection; Clark Atlanta University Collections