Ginnin’ Cotton (mural study, Leland, Mississippi Post Office)

Stuart R. Purser, Ginnin' Cotton (mural study, Leland, Mississippi Post Office), ca. 1940, oil on canvas mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.28
Stuart R. Purser, Ginnin' Cotton (mural study, Leland, Mississippi Post Office), ca. 1940, oil on canvas mounted on paperboard, 15 x 35 7⁄8 in. (38.1 x 91.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.28

Artwork Details

Title
Ginnin’ Cotton (mural study, Leland, Mississippi Post Office)
Artist
Date
ca. 1940
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
15 x 35 7⁄8 in. (38.1 x 91.2 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • State of being — other — enslaved
  • Architecture Exterior — industry — factory
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — Mississippi
  • Occupation — industry — manufacturing
  • Architecture — vehicle — wagon
  • Study — mural study
  • Animal — horse
  • Landscape — Mississippi
  • African American
  • Occupation — farm — harvesting
  • Figure group
Object Number
1965.18.28
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1965.18.28

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Charles W. Thwaites, Threshing Barley (mural study, Chilton, Wisconsin Post Office), 1939, tempera on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.329
Threshing Barley (mural study, Chilton, Wisconsin Post…
Artist
Date1939
tempera on paperboard
Not on view
Charles W. Thwaites, Portrait, n.d., charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.186
Portrait
Artist
Daten.d.
charcoal on paper
Not on view
Charles W. Thwaites, Fox Food, 1935, watercolor, brush and ink and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.269
Fox Food
Artist
Date1935
watercolor, brush and ink and pencil on paper
Not on view
Charles W. Thwaites, Shocking Grain, 1940, opaque watercolor, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.286
Shocking Grain
Artist
Date1940
opaque watercolor, watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view

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