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Topping Tobacco

1947

Robert Gwathmey

Associated Names

Robert Gwathmey

Artist, American, 1903 - 1988

The image shows a scene with two individuals surrounded by tall green plants. One person is fully visible wearing a yellow shirt, dark blue overalls, and a hat while holding a small object. The other person is partially visible from the waist up, holding a plant stem. The background includes a clear blue sky and green foliage. The focus is on the individuals working among the plants.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color screenprint on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 33.7 x 22.2 cm (13 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
sheet: 461 x 312 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.2284
Catalogue Raisonné

Williams no. 7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ed Ogul, Franklin, MI; Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 1992; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Bibliography

1994

Williams, Reba White. "The Prints of Robert Gwathmey." In Hot Off the Press: Prints and Politics (The Tamarind Papers, 15) Albuquerque, 1994: 33-56.

Inscriptions

lower left in the image, in pen and black ink: Gwathmey; lower left in graphite: Topping Tobacco

Wikidata ID

Q76550870

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