<I>Milking Time</I>
date: label: Date
content: early to mid-1940s
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 two people milking a cow. The cow is grey and is depicted in profile, but has turned her head to face the viewer. A younger man wearing a black cap, blue shirt and black trousers is sitting on a stool in front of the cow, facing to the left, milking the cow into a brown bucket. At his left, on the other side of the cow's udder, an older man stands facing to the right. He has a black hat, white beard, blue shirt and black trousers, and his arms are raised. A low, gated fence surrounds the men and the cow, and there are four trees outside the fenced area. A brown dog stands on the other side of the fence, on the left side of the canvas, its head lifted to observe the milking and its tail perked. In the foreground are expanses of dirt and grass, depicted through bands of brown and green paint in broad, predominantly horizontal brushstrokes. The painting is signed "CH" in ink at lower center. There are traces of ink below the paint in the areas of the fence and gate.
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: 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 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: 2014.176.6
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 canvas board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (painting): 11 1/8 × 16 1/8 × 1/4 in. (28.3 × 41 × 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 17 1/8 × 23 5/8 in. (43.5 × 60 cm)