Cotton Pickers

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Cotton Pickers

Clare Leighton
(1898 - 1989)
artist

Object Type

Print

Medium

Wood engraving on paper

Date

1941

Edition

ed. 110

Dimensions

142 x 103 mm

Accession Number

1111.1.6484

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Exhibition History

Black Figure Prints: Vignettes of an American Experience, 8/4/1986 to 9/30/1986