ALL-KIND-MUSTER-TURNIPS FOR-SALE-PEACHES-CUCUMBER-PEPPER-SWEET-CORN-GRAPS-STREWBERRIES-PUNKIN-COUSHA..CANLOLPE-WATERMELON..
- Created by
- Williams, John, American, 1904 - 1992
- Subject of
- Ed Lester Farms, American, founded 1968
- Date
- before 1988
- Medium
- paint on metal with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6 11/16 × 60 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (17 × 154 × 6 cm)
- Description
- A painting titled, ALL-KIND-MUSTER-TURNIPS FOR-SALE-PEACHES-CUCUMBER-PEPPER-SWEET-CORN-GRAPS-STREWBERRIES-PUNKIN-COUSHA..CANLOLPE-WATERMELON.., by John Williams. The painting is white and is painted on both sides of a long, narrow, rectangular piece of metal. The front of the painting has red, hand painted text that reads [ALL • KIND • MUSTER-TURNIP • S • / FOR • SALE • PEACHES • CUCUMBER-PEPPER • SWEET-CORN • GRAPS[sic] / STREWBERRY • S [sic]•PUNKiN • COUSHCA[TTA][sic]-CANLOLPE[sic]-WATERMELLON[sic] • PEAS]. On the top left and right corners of the painting are six (6) red and blue, six (6) pointed stars. On the top and bottom rows of the painting are red and blue vertical stripes. On the bottom left and right corners of the painting are eight (8) blue and red, six (6) pointed stars. The left and right edges of the painting are red and perforated with four holes each. On the right side of the painting are metal wire rings suspended from the top and third holes. The back of the painting is white with red, blue, and yellow hand painted text that reads [FOR-SALE-PEACHE[S]-CUECUMRBER[sic]- / SWEEET-CORN-GRAPS[sic]-PEPER[sic]-STREWBERRY[sic]-PUNKIN'S[sic]-CUSHAUTT[sic] CANLOPE[sic] / ALL-KIND-OF-VEGETABLE-T[HE]-ED-LESTER-FARMS]. On the top left and right side of the painting are nine (9) red, blue, and yellow six (6) pointed stars. On the bottom of the painting are vertical blue, red, and yellow stripes. The left and right edges of the painting are red and perforated with four holes.
- Place made
- Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- paintings
- signs
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Art
- Business
- Foodways
- 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
- 2017.68.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




