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A man in a hat smoking a cigar walks past the foreground; the midground includes an Airstream trailer surrounded by a man fixing a fishing pole, a woman watering a tiny shell-bordered garden and kitschy pink flamingo ornament, a man washing his car, and a bird in a hanging cage; in the distance, another woman hangs laundry on a clothesline and palm trees tower above.
Trailer Park Garden
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Trailer Park Garden

Artist Stevan Dohanos (American, 1907 - 1994)
Date1951
MediumOil on Masonite
DimensionsFrame: 44 x 36 x 1 1/2 in. (111.8 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm)
Sight: 36 x 27 1/2 in. (91.4 x 69.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineThe Florida Art Collection, Gift of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers
Object number2020.18.718
Collections
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