Ben Shahn
Picking cotton, Pulaski County, Arkansas

ArtistAmerican, born Lithuania, 1898–1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Picking cotton, Pulaski County, Arkansas
DateOctober 1935, printed 1970s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 × 9 1/2 in. (16.1 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern and James Edward Maloney
Object number2020.201
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Heritage Auctions, Dallas, September 9, 2020, Lot 38099]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink, verso, top center: 2011- 16A
Printed in black on applied label, verso, upper center: Black History 8304 // Picking cotton c1930 // // (8304) 2011-16a
Inscribed in pencil, verso, right edge, sideways: 0 5 8 13 x 4

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