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Tobacco workers taking a nap in tobacco warehouse, Durham, North Carolina
Tobacco workers taking a nap in tobacco warehouse, Durham, North Carolina

Tobacco workers taking a nap in tobacco warehouse, Durham, North Carolina

Artist Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910 - 1990)
DateNovember 1939
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 inches (27.62 × 35.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 inches (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.366
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “Marion Post Wolcott”; Stamp on mat verso, top, in black ink: "This print is from Marion Post Wolcott's / own collection and is signed on the back / by her (1976)".
InscribedTitled on sheet verso, top, in pencil: “Tobacco workers taking a nap in tobacco warehouse, Durham, N.C.”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: “52785D”; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF114656”; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: “An original vintage FSA print” On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “SS” [circled]; On mat verso, upper right, in pencil: "MPW10 / 7 [circled]"; On mat verso, center, in pencil: "INV# / 910 / 52785D"; On mat verso, bottom, stamped in black ink: "THE WITKIN GALLERY / 41 E. 57TH STR., RM. 802 / NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022"; On mat verso, bottom, in pencil: "VINTAGE", "PF114656", "Ron 1/14".
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DescriptionImage of three men sleeping side by side on wooden floor; they are wearing coats and hats and one man has large holes in his socks.Exhibition History

Dignity 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.

Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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