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

Artist Lamar Baker (American, 1908 - 1994)

Date1942

MediumEtching and aquatint

Dimensionssheet: 13 x 9 15/16 in. (33 x 25.2 cm)
image: 9 7/8 x 7 13/16 in. (25.1 x 19.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Hiram and Avonell Williams, by exchange with the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, in memory of Lamar Baker

Object number1997.31.6

Collections

MODERN

Visual DescriptionBlack 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.

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