Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Mary Eliza's Cabin, Chipley, Florida

Artist Marguerite Zorach (American, 1887 - 1968)

Date1955

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsFrame: 28 1/4 x 42 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (71.8 x 108 x 4.4 cm)
Sight: 25 3/4 x 39 3/4 in. (65.4 x 101 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineThe Florida Art Collection, Gift of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers

Object number2020.18.263

Collections

MODERN

DescriptionFrenetic scene of washtubs, a napping dog, a child peering under a dock, and midwife Mary Eliza Myrick at her cabin in the small rural town of Chipley in the Florida panhandle. The angular forms and slashing brushwork (a tangle of figures and architecture) create strong patterns and a bright palette.