<I>ALL-KIND-MUSTER-TURNIPS FOR-SALE-PEACHES-CUCUMBER-PEPPER-SWEET-CORN-GRAPS-STREWBERRIES-PUNKIN-COUSHA..CANLOLPE-WATERMELON..</I>
date: label: Date
content: before 1988
name: label: Created by
content: John Williams, American, 1904 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Ed Lester Farms, American, founded 1968
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place made
content: Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Rural life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.68.20
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
label: Type
content: signs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on metal with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 11/16 × 60 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (17 × 154 × 6 cm)