Across the Field

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Across the Field

1944

Robert Gwathmey (American, 1903–1988)

With the support of a Rosenwald Fellowship, Robert Gwathmey lived on a Southern tobacco farm and worked alongside the sharecroppers during 1944 and 1945. This experience increased his long-held admiration for the lives and culture of African Americans, who became his prime subject matter. For many years, the compassion expressed in Gwathmey's images led to the mistaken assumption that he was African American.

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Object Details

Title:

Across the Field

Date:

1944

Artist:

Robert Gwathmey (American, 1903–1988)

Medium:

Color screenprint

Dimensions:

Image: 12 1/4 x 14 inches (31.1 x 35.6 cm) Sheet: 15 3/8 x 17 1/8 inches (39.1 x 43.5 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund from the Carl and Laura Zigrosser Collection, 1965

Accession Number:

1965-95-534

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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