Bill's Walking the Straight and Narrow, His Dog Ain't

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© Jack Earl
Bill's Walking the Straight and Narrow, His Dog Ain't
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Bill's Walking the Straight and Narrow, His Dog Ain't

Date1980
MediumCeramic
Dimensions5 × 7 3/4 × 9 in. (12.7 × 19.7 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alice B. Hupfel, 2017
Object number2017-72
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Label TextBill's Walking the Straight and Narrow, His Dog Ain't is based on the artist’s father-in-law, Bill, a farmer from rural Ohio. The artist’s style is influenced by 18th century European figurative porcelain but the artist represents every day, and somewhat mundane, scenes from American life.
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