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

About this artwork

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

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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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

Image: 20.1 × 20.6 cm (7 15/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 27.8 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Michael D. Wolcott

Reference Number

1988.505.11

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