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Created by:
Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988  Search this
Subject of:
Unidentified Man or Men  Search this
Medium:
oil paint on plywood
Dimensions:
H x W x D (painting): 15 1/8 × 33 3/4 × 3/8 in. (38.4 × 85.7 × 1 cm)
H x W (framed): 21 1/8 × 41 1/4 in. (53.7 × 104.8 cm)
Type:
oil paintings
Place made:
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Date:
ca. 1970
Description:
This oil painting depicts a loaded wagon being driven toward a red building with a smoking chimney. The mule drawn wagon is piled with a white lumpy material. It is being driven by a man in a large white colored hat and an orange shirt. A man in a red shirt and white hat stands just outside the red building, working with a large pile of the lumpy white material that tumbles down a ramp from the building. Two other figures, in blue and orange shirts work with rectangular brown bundles. The sky is indicated by blue, white, and grey streaks overhead. The artist has signed her initials [CH] in the lower right corner, with the "C" written backwards.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
American South  Search this
Art  Search this
Folklife  Search this
Labor  Search this
Rural life  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
Object number:
2017.68.14
Restrictions & Rights:
© Cane River Art Corporation
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Visual Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58ce31b48-9409-4a7f-886e-71881c1557cf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.68.14