Negroes fishing in creek near cotton plantation outside Belzoni, Mississippi Delta
Artist
Marion Post Wolcott
(American, 1910 - 1990)
DateOctober 1939
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 inches (25.24 × 33.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.365
SignedArtist’s stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: “PLEASE CREDIT / F.S.A. / FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATON / PHOTO BY: MARION POST WOLCOTT”
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: “52294”;
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF114657”.
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DescriptionImage of four people fishing in creek; one woman stands along the shoreline while the other three are seated with their fishing poles on a small section of land extending into the water.Exhibition HistoryDignity vs. Despair: Dorothea Lange and the Depression Era Photographers, 1933-1941. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 23 – November 26, 2017, no cat.
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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Marion Post Wolcott
February 1941
2005.27.4533
Marion Post Wolcott
November 1939
2005.27.3003
Marion Post Wolcott
March 1940; printed 1983
2005.27.3002
Marion Post Wolcott
November 1939
2016.75.366
Dorothea Lange
July 1936
2005.27.4316
