Cotton Scene (Study for Hartselle, Alabama Post Office Mural)

Ferol Sibley Warthen, Cotton Scene (Study for Hartselle, Alabama Post Office Mural), 1941, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1985.8.16
Ferol Sibley Warthen, Cotton Scene (Study for Hartselle, Alabama Post Office Mural), 1941, gouache on paperboard, sheet: 29 7⁄8 x 30 in. (75.9 x 76.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1985.8.16

Artwork Details

Title
Cotton Scene (Study for Hartselle, Alabama Post Office Mural)
Artist
Date
1941
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 29 7⁄8 x 30 in. (75.9 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration
Mediums
Mediums Description
gouache on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — farm — harvesting
  • Figure group
  • African American
  • Animal — horse
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — Alabama
  • Landscape — Alabama — Hartselle
  • Landscape — plant — cotton
  • Architecture — vehicle — train
  • Study — mural study
Object Number
1985.8.16
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.8.16

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