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Painter:
Morrison, Hal Alexander Courtney 1848-1927  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street Augusta Georgia 30901 Accession Number: 1989.01.123
Date:
Ca. 1890
Notes:
Morris Museum of Art, 2005.
Pennington, Estill Curtis, "A southern collection: select works from a permanent collection of painting in the South prepared for the opening of the Morris Museum of Art, September 24, 1992," Augusta, GA: Morris Communications Corp., 1992.
Chambers, Bruce W., "Art and artists of the South: The Robert P. Coggins Collection," Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1984, no. 35.
Coggins, Robert P., 1983.
Chambers, Bruce W., "Art and artists of the South: The Robert P. Coggins Collection," Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1984, pg. 49.
(Lower left:) Hal Morrison signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Figures are standing with baskets of cotton in the foreground, waiting to get it weighed on a scale at right.
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Landscape--Farm  Search this
Landscape--Plant--Cotton  Search this
Object--Foliage--Cotton  Search this
Occupation--Vendor  Search this
Control number:
IAP 9B430024
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_246542