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The Cotton Pickers, (painting). Artist:  Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910, painter. Title:  The Cotton Pickers, (painting). Other Titles:  Cotton Pickers, North Carolina, (painting). Dates:  1876. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  24 x 38 1/8 in. (61.0 x 97.1 cm). Inscription:  (Lower left, in black:) HOMER N.A. /1876 (Lower left, in red, beneath previous inscription:) HOMER 1876 signed Description:  Two young African-American girls stand in the immediate foreground of a cotton field. The girl on the left carries a basket of cotton, balancing it against her hip and she reaches down to pick cotton. The girl on the right, stands tall, gazing into the distance. She holds a bag of cotton, slung over her left shoulder, with both hands. Both girls are wearing bonnets and the girl on the right is wearing an apron over her dress. Subject:  Figure group -- Female Ethnic -- African American Landscape -- Plant -- Cotton Object -- Foliage -- Cotton Occupation -- Farm -- Harvesting Landscape -- Farm Landscape -- North Carolina Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036 Accession Number: M.77.68 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Anonymous collection, London, England 1877-1911. Guinn, Charles D., Carthage, Missouri 1911-1945. Wildenstein & Co., New York, New York Brady, James Cox, II, New York, New York ca. 1947-1971. Brady, James Cox, II, Mrs., New Jersey 1971-1977. References:  Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. and Franklin Kelly, "Winslow Homer," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995, no. 79. Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 174-175. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978. "American Art from Alumni Collections," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1968. "Larkin, Susan G., "American Impressionism: The Beauty of Work," Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, 2005, fig. 11. Illustration:  Image on file. Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. and Franklin Kelly, "Winslow Homer," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995, pg. 150. Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 44. "Larkin, Susan G., "American Impressionism: The Beauty of Work," Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, 2005, fig. 11. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 02960195   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 02960195 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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