Ken Light
Veronica Heags, Twelve Years Old, Cotton Chopper, New Africa Road, Coahoma County, Mississippi
Artist
Ken Light (American, born 1951)American, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Veronica Heags, Twelve Years Old, Cotton Chopper, New Africa Road, Coahoma County, Mississippi
- from the series Mississippi Delta Project
Date1991
Place depictedMississippi, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/4 × 10 3/16 in. (26 × 25.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies
Object number93.80
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso lower left in pencil "Veronica Heags, 12 yrs old / Cotton Chopper / New Africa Road / Coahoma County, Mississippi"
verso lower left corner in pencil "© Ken Light / KL-A-1991"
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