- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1970
- Medium
- oil paint on paperboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 16 × 24 × 1/4 in. (40.6 × 61 × 0.6 cm)
- H x W (framed): 22 × 31 1/2 in. (55.9 × 80 cm)
- Description
- This painting depicts two rows of women picking cotton. Both the top and bottom row has three women in purple, blue, and yellow dresses, each with a red hat. Each woman has a large white bag slung over her shoulder. Each figure stands in front of a low bush dotted with white spots of paint to indicate cotton. The artist has signed her initials [CH] in the lower right margin, with the "C" written backwards.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Art
- Cotton
- Folklife
- Labor
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




