Marion Post Wolcott
Children of tenant farmer, younger one with severe rickets, from malnourishment. Land worn out from cotton-tobacco culture, near Wadesboro, North Carolina

Children of tenant farmer, younger one with severe rickets, from malnourishment. Land worn out from cotton-tobacco culture, near Wadesboro, North Carolina

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Artist Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990)American, 1910–1990

CultureAmerican

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Children of tenant farmer, younger one with severe rickets, from malnourishment. Land worn out from cotton-tobacco culture, near Wadesboro, North Carolina

DateDecember 1938, printed 1977

Place depictedNear Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 13/16 × 7 7/16 in. (22.4 × 18.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Arthur Rothstein

Object number79.233

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceArthur Rothstein; given to MFAH, 1979.
Exhibition History"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso, top edge: ST // Children of tenant farmer, younger one with severe // nickets, from malnourishment. Land worn out // form cotton-tobacco culture, // near Wadesboro, N.C. // Photographed for FSA 1939 // Printed by MPW 1977 // Selenium Toned MPW 1977

Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: 50720E

Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: Marion Post Wolcott

Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: Marion Post Wolcott

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