Spring Planting, from the project The Negro in Virginia

Media - 1993.72.2 - SAAM-1993.72.2_1 - 51995
Copied Robert McNeill, Spring Planting, from the project The Negro in Virginia, 1938, gelatin silver print, sheet and image: 9 3⁄8 x 7 1⁄4 in. (23.8 x 18.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1993.72.2, © 1938, Robert McNeill

Artwork Details

Title
Spring Planting, from the project The Negro in Virginia
Artist
Date
1938
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 9 3⁄8 x 7 1⁄4 in. (23.8 x 18.4 cm.)
Markings
back upper left in ballpoint pen and ink: SPRING PLANTING/pg 319/THE NEGRO IN/VIRGINIA back center right in ballpoint pen and ink: TAKEN AUG 1938
Copyright
© 1938, Robert McNeill
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Highlights
Keywords
  • Figure
  • Figure male — elderly
  • African American
  • Occupation — farm — sowing
  • Architecture — machine — farm machine
  • Landscape — Virginia
Object Number
1993.72.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1993.72.2