Corn shocks and split rail fence

Marion Post Wolcott, Corn shocks and  split rail fence, ca. 1938, printed 1978, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.59
Marion Post Wolcott, Corn shocks and split rail fence, ca. 1938, printed 1978, gelatin silver print, sheet: 1114 in. (27.935.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.59

Artwork Details

Title
Corn shocks and split rail fence
Date
ca. 1938, printed 1978
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 1114 in. (27.935.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — farm
  • Landscape — plant — corn
  • New Deal — Farm Security Administration
  • Landscape — Virginia — Marion
  • Architecture Exterior — detail — fence
Object Number
1998.120.59

Works by this artist (60 items)

Marion Post Wolcott, Picketing copper miners on strike waiting for the "scabs" (strikebreakers) to come out of the mine. Ducktown, Tennessee, 1939, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.50
Picketing copper miners on strike waiting for the scabs” …
Date1939, printed later
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Marion Post Wolcott, Coney Island Lunch, ca. 1938, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.34
Coney Island Lunch
Dateca. 1938, printed later
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Marion Post Wolcott, Jorena Pettway sorting peas inside her smokehouse. She still has many fruits and vegetables, which she canned last year, on the shelves around her. Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1939, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.44
Jorena Pettway sorting peas inside her smokehouse. She…
Date1939, printed later
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Marion Post Wolcott, Fields of shucked corn. Near Marion, Virginia, 1940, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.10
Fields of shucked corn. Near Marion, Virginia
Date1940, printed later
gelatin silver print
Not on view

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