Man Shoveling Corn near Andrews, North Carolina

c. 1920

Doris Ulmann

Associated Names
Doris Ulmann

Artist, American, 1882 - 1934

The image shows a man captured from head to knees, standing on a wooden cart. His body is slightly bent forward, and he is holding a long-handled tool or stick in his right hand, which rests on the edge of the cart. The man has short light-colored hair and wears a short-sleeved, dark shirt and light-colored pants. In the background, there is a wooden structure, likely a shed or barn, with visible planks on the roof. Surrounding the man are overgrown plants or shrubs near the cart, contributing to the rural atmosphere. The image is rendered in sepia tone.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 20.8 × 16.2 cm (8 3/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
    mount: 33.6 × 24.7 cm (13 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
    mat: 36 × 28.5 cm (14 3/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.146


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William L. Schaeffer / Photographs, Chester, CT); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 14 August 1997; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso of mat, by artist, top center in graphite: Oil Print / [illegible] no 1 / Man shoveling corn / near Andrews / N.C.; inside window mat, possibly by artist, bottom right in graphite circled: 25; on verso of mat, by unknown hand, top left in red crayon perpendicular: 1030


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