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date: label: Date
content: 1970s - 1980s
name: label: Created by
content: M.C. "5 Cent" Jones, American, 1918 - 2003
notes: label: Description
content: A tempera and ink painting that depicts workers picking cotton in the field by 5 Cent Jones. Outlines of human figures, farm animals, tools, and plant life are made in ink and painted over in tempera. The center of the painting shows seven figures hand drawn in ink and painted in tempera on the field picking cotton. The cotton field, outlined only in ink, is contrasted in color by the greenery of the grass in the foreground and trees in the background. In the top left corner is the painter's signature, [MC JONES / 5¢].
place: label: Place made
content: Gilliam, Caddo Parrish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Cotton
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: 2017.68.18
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
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: tempera and ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (painting in frame): 14 7/8 × 18 11/16 in. (37.8 × 47.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 22 1/4 × 25 9/16 × 1 5/16 in. (56.5 × 65 × 3.3 cm)