Thornton Dial, "Shadows of the Field," 2008, String, twine, synthetic cotton batting, wood, burlap, sheet metal, cloth rags, nails, staples, and enamel on canvas on wood, 79 x 105 x 5 inches, 200.7 x 266.7 x 12.7 cm, TD105
Thornton Dial, installation view, “History Refused to Die Highlights from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, installation view, “History Refused to Die Highlights from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, installation view, “History Refused to Die Highlights from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, installation view, “History Refused to Die Highlights from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, installation view, “History Refused to Die Highlights from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2018
Installation view, Thornton Dial, Frieze Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2020
Installation view, Thornton Dial, “Out of Place: A Feminist Look at the Collection,” curated by Catherine Morris and Carmen Hermo, Brooklyn Museum, NY, 2020
Installation view, Thornton Dial, “Out of Place: A Feminist Look at the Collection,” curated by Catherine Morris and Carmen Hermo, Brooklyn Museum, NY, 2020
Installation view, Thornton Dial, “African American Art in the 20th Century,” curated by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA, 2020
Thornton Dial and Lucy Dodd, Frieze, London, UK, 2019
Thornton Dial, “If the Tiger Knew He'd Be the Star of the Circus, He Wouldn't Have Hid So Long in the Jungle,” 1989, Enamel, rope carpet, industrial sealing compound, and oil paint on wood, 48 7/8 x 120 1/2 x 2 inches, 124.1 x, 306.1 x 5.1 cm, TD108
Thornton Dial, installation view, “Artists I Steal From,” curated by Alvaro Barrington and Julia Peyton-Jones, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK, 2019
Thornton Dial, installation view, “The Assassination of Leon Trotsky,” David Lewis, New York, NY, 2018, “Rising Water/Signs of Hope,” 2011, Tin, wood, wire, fabric, leather, artificial plants, and oil on canvas, 71 x 86 x 10 inches, 180.3 x 218.4 x 25.4 cm, TD082
Thornton Dial, installation view, “Mr. Dial's America,” David Lewis, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, installation view, “Mr. Dial's America,” David Lewis, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, installation view, “Mr. Dial's America,” David Lewis, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, installation view, “Mr. Dial's America,” David Lewis, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, installation view, “Mr. Dial's America,” David Lewis, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, installation view, “Mr. Dial's America,” David Lewis, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, installation view, “Mr. Dial's America,” David Lewis, New York, NY, 2018
Thornton Dial, “Setting the Table”, 2003, Shoes, gloves, bedding, beaded car-seat cover, cloth carpet, artificial flowers, crushed paint cans, found metal, frying pan, cooking utensils, chain, wood, Splash Zone compound, oil, and enamel on canvas on wood, 75 x 74.5 x 8 inches, 190.5 x 189.2 x 20.3 cm, TD038
Thornton Dial, “Art and Nature”, 2011, Ceramic vases, wood, paint cans, tin, metal, and enamel on canvas on wood, 95 1/2 x 71 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 242.6 x 181.6 x 14 cm, TD074
Thornton Dial, “The Top of the World”, 1998, Metal, fabrics, paint can lids, rope, nails, industrial sealing compound, 78 x 50 x 47 inches, 198.1 x 127 x 119.4 cm, TD001
Thornton Dial, “Two Coats”, 2003, Bedding, coats, found metal, oil, enamel, and spray paint on canvas, 81 x 71 x 9 inches, 205.7 x 180.3 x 22.9 cm, TD019
Thornton Dial, “Ground Zero: Decorating the Eye”, 2002, Clothing, enamel, spray paint, and Splash Zone compound on canvas on wood, 76.5 x 108 x 4 inches 194.3 x 274.3 x 10.2 cm, TD017
Thornton Dial, “Black Walk”, 2003, Tin, clothing, enamel, spray paint, and Splash Zone compound on canvas on wood, 64 x 96 x 6 inches, 162.6 x 243.8 x 15.2 cm, TD033
Thornton Dial, “Lady Know How to Hold the Jungle Cat”, 1990, Oil, rope carpet, wood, plastic film canisters, and industrial sealing compound on canvas mounted on wood, 69.5 x 90/5 x 4 inches, 176.5 x 45.7 x 10.2 cm, TD031
Thornton Dial, “The Color of Money: The Jungle of Justice”, 1996, Fabric, shoe, gloves, jigsaw puzzle pieces, artificial flowers and plants, dolls, stuffed animals, rope carpet, toys, cotton, found metal, other found materials, oil, enamel, spray paint, industrial sealing compound, on canvas mounted on wood, 77 x 86 x 12 inches, 195.6 x 218.4 x 30.5 cm, TD015
Thornton Dial, "Louisiana," 2011 71 1/4 x 70 1/2 x 8 inches, 181 x 179.1 x 20.3 cm, TD089
Thornton Dial, “Interior Decoration (Scratching and Wrapping),” 1999, Steel mesh, wire, nails, enamel, cloth, spray paint, and oil on canvas, 48 x 48 x 3 1/2 inches, 121.9 x 121.9 x 8.9 cm, TD087
Thornton Dial, “The Clouds at Ground Level,” 2003, Plastic bottles, machine parts, roots, found metal, clothing, plastic twine, wire, enamel, spray paint, and Splash Zone compound on canvas on wood, 65 x 84 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, 165.1 x 214.6 x 24.1 cm, TD103
Thornton Dial, “Changes of Day,” 2006, Mixed media on canvas on wood, 68 x 68 x 5 inches, 172.7 x 172.7 x 12.7 cm, TD104
Thornton Dial, “Cows of Japan,” 2011, 79 1/2 x 57 x 9 1/2 inches, 201.9 x 144.8 x 24.1 cm, TD088
Thornton Dial, “Walking Around the World, 2001, Rope carpet, clothing, bedding, enamel, and spray paint on canvas on wood, 73 x 73 x 4 inches, 185.4 x 185.4 x 10.2 cm, TD079, Princeton collection
Thornton Dial, “Struggling Garden,” 2012, Wood, metal, fabric, plastic flowers, enamel, and spray paint on canvas on wood, 48 x 48 x 4 inches, 121.9 x 121.9 x 10.2 cm, TD075
Thornton Dial, "Nuclear Condition", Tin, wood, pottery, and oil on canvas, 72 x 90 x 9 inches, 182.9 x 228.6 x 22.9 cm, TD081
Thornton Dial, “Purple Rain,” 1995, Fabric, tin, oil, enamel, spray paint, and Splash Zone compound on canvas on wood, 74 x 34 x 7 inches, 188 x 86.4 x 17.8 cm, TD078
Thornton Dial, “American Artist,” 2012, Wire, metal, rope, fabric, paint brushes, and oil on canvas, 48 x 36 x 5 inches, 121.9 x 91.4 x 12.7 cm, TD008
Thornton Dial, installation view, “Thornton Dial in the 21st Century,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2005
Thornton Dial, “Coming Up with the Sun,” 2012, Tin, artificial flowers, and spray paint on canvas on wood, 42 1/2 x, 36 1/2 x 8 inches, 108 x 92.7 x 20.3 cm, TD009
Thornton Dial, “Gate to the Wall,” 2012, Tin, wood, wire, cloth, artificial plant, and spray paint on wood, 37 3/4 x 48 x 9 inches, 95.9 x 121.9 x 22.9 cm, TD110
Thornton Dial, “Alone in the Jungle: One Man Sees the Tiger Cat”, 1988, Enamel, rope carpet and industrial sealing compound on wood, 48 x 96 inches, 121.9 x 243.8 cm, TD045
Thornton Dial, “The Big Black Bowl of Life”, 1993, Oil, enamel on canvas mounted on wood, 65 x 65 inches, 165.1 x 165.1 cm, TD003
Thornton Dial, “Picking Up the Pieces”, 2002, Clothing, carpet, enamel, and spray paint on canvas on wood, 95 x 61 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches, 241.3 x 156.2 x 6.4 cm, TD004
Thornton Dial, “Understanding the Shadows”, 2013, Wood, metal and mesh with yellow, orchid, gray, blue and pink spray paint, 36 x 48 inches, 91.4 x 121.9 cm, TD042
Thornton Dial, “Coming Through the Trees”, 1992, Watercolor on paper, 30 1/4 x 22 inches, 76.8 x 55.9 cm, TD047
Thornton Dial, “Life Go On”, n/d, Watercolor on paper, 30 x 22 1/4 inches, 76.2 x 56.5 cm, TD052
Thornton Dial, “People Will Reach Back for a Friend”, Watercolor on paper, 29 3/5 x 22 1/4 inches, 75.2 x 56.5 cm, TD064
