<I>Untitled (Picking [and Hauling] Cotton)</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1970
name: label: Created by
content: Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This painting depicts two rows of women picking cotton. Both the top and bottom row has three women in purple, blue, and yellow dresses, each with a red hat. Each woman has a large white bag slung over her shoulder. Each figure stands in front of a low bush dotted with white spots of paint to indicate cotton. The artist has signed her initials [CH] in the lower right margin, with the "C" written backwards.
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: 2017.68.11
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 paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (painting): 16 × 24 × 1/4 in. (40.6 × 61 × 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 22 × 31 1/2 in. (55.9 × 80 cm)