Accession Number2013/2.129
TitleLucille Burroughs, Daughter of a Cotton Sharecropper
Artist(s)Walker EvansArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Date1936, printed 1990Medium & Supportgelatin silver print on paperDimensions 8 in x 10 in (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction #(318117 ICUSF34-110043)Subject matterUnassuming on all accounts, this portrait of a girl depicts her plainly dressed in white, standing with her back against a wall of wooden planks. She wears a straw hat, whose wide brim frames her face. She gazes directly at the camera.
Physical DescriptionThe photograph is a portrait of a girl in a straw hat standing in front of a wooden fence.
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Keywords
farms
girls
hats
portraits