<I>Hoeing Corn</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Attributed to
content: Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Melrose Plantation, American, founded 1832
notes: label: Description
content: An oil painting depicting workers hoeing corn in rural Louisiana. At the top of the painting is a band of blue sky. Below the sky are two horizontal rows of people hoeing corn. In the top row, there are four people in between tasseled corn plants. The first figure, at left, faces right and is pushing a hand-held plow. The following three people are facing left, each holding hoes, and all are wearing hats and some wear aprons. In the second row are five people interspersed between tasseled corn plants. The first figure, at left, appears to be female. She faces right, and she is holding a container in her left hand and has a pouch on her right hip. The next two people are wearing hats and holding hoes. The fourth person is wearing a white hat and is bending over to the ground. The final person is facing to the left and pushing a hand-held plow. Behind the figures and corn plants, the background is painted in broad white brushstrokes. The painting is signed "CH" at the lower right.
place: label: Place depicted
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: 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 of the Rand and Dana Jack family, in honor of Rand's grandmother, Blythe Rand, who early recognized and supported the special talents of Clementine Hunter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.176.4
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 fiberboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Framed): 24 × 31 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (61 × 80.7 × 3.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Unframed): 16 1/8 × 23 7/8 × 3/16 in. (41 × 60.6 × 0.4 cm)