- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1965
- Medium
- oil paint on paperboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 6 15/16 × 9 × 1/4 in. (17.6 × 22.9 × 0.6 cm)
- H x W (framed): 12 15/16 × 16 1/2 in. (32.9 × 41.9 cm)
- Description
- This painting depicts two women washing clothes. One woman, wearing a purple dress, red hat, and white apron, stands over a blue tub on a red table. She holds a white object against a slanting blue washboard in the tub. Behind her is a second woman standing over a large black cauldron. The cauldron is placed over a fire and has a white froth on its surface. The woman standing by the cauldron holds a long narrow implement in the froth. She wears a yellow dress and cap and a green apron. There is a clothesline overhead with sheets and items of clothing pinned on it. 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
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




