Accession Number
1954/1.158

Title
In the Fields # 2

Artist(s)
Danny Pierce

Object Creation Date
1953

Medium & Support
woodcut on paper

Dimensions
14 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (35.88 cm x 46.04 cm);22 1/16 in x 28 1/16 in (56.04 cm x 71.28 cm);16 1/16 in x 20 1/16 in (40.8 cm x 50.96 cm);14 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (35.88 cm x 46.04 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Subject matter
In the Fields #2 is a color woodcut of two horses tied up to a hitching post in a field. Animals were Pierce's first subjects as a young artist, and remained a central theme throughout his artistic career. 

Physical Description
A pair of horses, one black, one brown, harnessed together as if for a plow or wagon, stand in a field with some trees in the background. 

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
American (North American)
Equus caballus (species)
field
fields (land)
hitching posts
horses
modern and contemporary art
trees