Mrs. Leroy Dunn chopping cotton in a field. White Plains, Georgia

Artist Jack Delano (American, born Ukraine, 1914 - 1997)

Date1941

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 18 5/8 inches (34.29 × 47.32 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 1/8 inches (35.56 × 28.27 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.18

SignedSigned on sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "Delano"

InscribedOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "Negro cotton-picker"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, red pencil: "NYP9784"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "c1364"; On sheet verso, center, black stamp: "OWI OVERSEAS BRANCH / EXHIBIT SECTION / Exhibit No. 73 / TItle American Types / Picture No. 33"

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DescriptionImage of African-American woman with tired eyes wearing large brimmed straw hat and floral striped shirt resting hands on end of wooden tool.

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