Created by
Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Date
ca. 1970
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)
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.
Place made
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Visual Arts
Type
oil paintings
Topic
Agriculture
American South
Art
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
2017.68.14
Restrictions & Rights
© Cane River Art Corporation
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58ce31b48-9409-4a7f-886e-71881c1557cf

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