Taking a rest from hoeing cotton, on the Allen Plantation, Natchitoches, Louisiana; An FSA Co-op

Photography and Media

1940

Marion Post Wolcott
American, 1910–1990

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Marion Post Wolcott
Title: Taking a rest from hoeing cotton, on the Allen Plantation, Natchitoches, Louisiana; An FSA Co-op
Origin: United States
Date: Made 1940
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper left-right, in graphite: "Taking a rest from hoeing cotton. On the / Allen Plantation, an FSA co-op / Natchitoches, La. 1940"; verso, upper center, in graphite: "Archivally processed / Selenium toned"; verso, center, in graphite: "54480-E"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "Marion Post Wolcott"
Dimensions: 20.1 × 20.6 cm (image); 35.5 × 27.8 cm (paper)
Credit Line: Gift of Michael D. Wolcott
Reference Number: 1988.505.11

Art Institute of Chicago, “After the Crash: Picturing the United States 1930-1943,” October 21, 2000–January 28, 2001. (Mark Pascal and Kristin Nagel Merrill)(Gallery 1)
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Concerned Photographer,” March 18–June 11, 2006. (Katherine Bussard, Newell G. Smith, Gregory Harris)

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