Chandra McCormick
Joyce Priestly, "Sugar Cane Scraper", Bessie K. Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana

Joyce Priestly, "Sugar Cane Scraper", Bessie K. Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana
Joyce Priestly, "Sugar Cane Scraper", Bessie K. Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana
Joyce Priestly, "Sugar Cane Scraper", Bessie K. Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Joyce Priestly, "Sugar Cane Scraper", Bessie K. Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana
Date1986, printed 1987
PlaceLouisiana, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/16 × 14 in. (23.7 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 16 in. (28.6 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection, museum purchase funded by Mike and Mickey Marvins
Object number2006.315
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Spring, Texas; purchased by MFAH, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil, lower left below image: " 'Joyce Priestly' Bessie K Plantation, Sugar Cane Scrapper, Vachier [sic], Louisiana"

Marked in pencil, lower right below image: "Chandra McCormick © 1987"

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