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Black and white print of a columned house resting on a bright cloud above a cotton field. A large insect clings to the cloud. In the foreground, a dark trench is filled with partially buried human heads and bodies.
Plantation System
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Plantation System

Artist Lamar Baker (American, 1908 - 1994)
Date1941
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 11 1/2 x 16 in. (29.2 x 40.6 cm)
image: 8 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. (21.9 x 30.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Hiram and Avonell Williams, by exchange with the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, in memory of Lamar Baker
Object number1997.31.21
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlack and white print of a columned house resting on a bright cloud above a cotton field. A large insect clings to the cloud. In the foreground, a dark trench is filled with partially buried human heads and bodies.
Black and white print of an industrial machine wheel wrapped in a chain of gripping human hands. Large hands pick cotton in the upper left over a rural landscape with a house and small figures working in a field.
Field Hands
Lamar Baker
1940
Black and white print showing a large head with closed eyes angled downward. A wreath of cotton bolls floats above. A woven texture overlays the scene. A small figure works in a field in the lower left.
Cotton Field Saint
Lamar Baker
1942
Black and white print showing an industrial textile machine and a traditional spinning wheel. A woman and child stand nearby. A giant spider web spans the dark sky above, catching a house, a factory, and three falling human figures.
Walk Into My Parlor
Lamar Baker
1940
Black and white print of a sleeping man in a dark uniform and cap seated on a train. Above, a translucent matching figure handles a butterfly. Faint, overlapping images of insects and a snake float nearby transit signs.
Sadist
Lamar Baker
1937
Black and white cross-hatched print of a partially nude woman sitting on a wooden chair, facing left. A draped cloth covers her lap. Her brightly lit upper body and face contrast heavily with the dark, textured background.
Nude
Lamar Baker
c. 1935 - 1940
Black and white print of a clock face and human profile. A chain links a nose ring on the profile to the clock hands. Below are a railroad rail, a hanging lantern, a small house on stilts, and a train.
Commuter's Fantasy, from the series Fantasies
Lamar Baker
1936
Black and white print featuring a single cotton plant with leaves and bolls growing through a tangled heap of thick, heavy chains in the foreground. The background shows a barren, grassy landscape beneath a dark, dramatically clouded sky.
The Slave Plant
Lamar Baker
1939
Black and white print of a reclining nude figure viewed from the feet. One leg is sharply bent and raised, while the other rests flat. The torso twists away, and the head is partially obscured by the raised leg.
Reclining Nude
Lamar Baker
1942
Black and white print of a snake coiled through a knight's helmet. A rolled scroll with a seal rests on stacked books below, alongside a sword, a curved strap, and a small hanging strip with an insect.
Mars, from the series Fantasies
Lamar Baker
c. 1938 - 1940
Black and white print showing a giant thread spool entangling a falling man and woman. A wooden house sits on the left, while an industrial factory interior with machinery and large windows occupies the right.
Textile Tangle
Lamar Baker
1938
Black and white print of a pale, seated woman in a hat and fur collar. Above, a similar translucent woman leans over a floating nude body. A skull, hanging wreath, and window showing graveyard crosses appear in the dark background.
Necrophile
Lamar Baker
1937
Black and white print of a wooden building with a shingled roof and cupola. The front features an open door and wooden steps. Arched windows line the side. A large bare tree stands in the right foreground.
Country Church
Lamar Baker
c. 1940

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