Detail View: The AMICA Library: Ode to a Cotton Picker
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AMICA ID:
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DMA_.1953.3
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AMICA Library Year:
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2003
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Sellors, Evaline
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Creator Dates/Places:
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American, 1907 - 1995
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Evaline Sellors
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Title:
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Ode to a Cotton Picker
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1953
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Creation Start Date:
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1953
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Creation End Date:
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1953
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Materials and Techniques:
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Ceramic
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 20 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (51.43 x 19.05 x 21.59 cm.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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Dallas Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Dallas, Texas, USA
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ID Number:
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1953.3
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Credit Line:
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Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Craft Guild of Dallas
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Rights:
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Context:
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Burchfield first came to Buffalo, New York, in 1921 to design wallpaper for a local firm. There, he painted many of the haunting townscapes that speak of loneliness, isolation, and mystery. Referring to this work, Burchfield himself said, "For me the `picture' was the grim dramatic quality of the buildings in the eerie light of an imminent storm." "Street Scene" depicts a box-gatherer pulling his cart down Genesee Street on a day in early spring. The scene derives a surreal quality from the giant trade signs of a molar and a pair of shears, and the "false-front" effect of the central structure. A master watercolorist, Burchfield used the medium to express visual equivalents of sounds and psychic sensations, often splicing together large sheets of paper to create such monumental works.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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DMA_.1953_3.tif
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