<I>Untitled (Cotton Picking Scene with Overseer)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1959
name: label: Created by
content: Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This painting depicts two individuals picking cotton, while a third individual drives a loaded cart. The image is divided into two sections. The bottom section has two women picking cotton. Bent at the waist, the figures wear long skirts and large hats with large white sacks over their shoulders. In the upper section is a mule drawn wagon. It is being driven by a man in a yellow shirt, black pants, and a black hat. He holds a long whip in one hand. The artist has signed her initials in the bottom right corner.
place: label: Place made
content: Natchitoches 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: Cotton
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Labor
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: 2017.68.8
objectType: label: Type
content: oil paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Cane River Art Corporation
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: oil paint on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (painting): 10 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 3/16 in. (26.7 × 31.8 × 0.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 16 1/2 × 20 in. (41.9 × 50.8 cm)