A person carrying a large bundle of cotton on their head stands on a cart in a busy city scene.

Prints

"John Henry Loading Cotton"

c. 1935–1940

Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (Irregular): 11 5/16 × 8 3/4 in. (28.7 × 22.2 cm) Image: 6 1/16 × 4 9/16 in. (15.4 × 11.6 cm)
Accession number: 93.15.6
Acquired: 1993
Credit line: Purchase, with funds from the Katherine Schmidt Shubert Purchase Fund and the Print Committee
Edition: Edition possibly 15
Department: collection

About this work

Fred Becker, "John Henry Loading Cotton", c. 1935–1940. Wood engraving, sheet (Irregular): 11 5/16 × 8 3/4 in. (28.7 × 22.2 cm) Image: 6 1/16 × 4 9/16 in. (15.4 × 11.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Katherine Schmidt Shubert Purchase Fund and the Print Committee 93.15.6

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. . . as apple pie 2012-06-08 – 2013-06-09
New Additions: Prints for an American Museum Part I 2003-10-31 – 2004-01-25
1938 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints 1938-03-08 – 1938-04-10

"John Henry Loading Cotton"

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