Detail View: The AMICA Library: Ode to a Cotton Picker

AMICA ID: 
DMA_.1953.3
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Creator Name: 
Sellors, Evaline
Creator Dates/Places: 
American, 1907 - 1995
Creator Name-CRT: 
Evaline Sellors
Title: 
Ode to a Cotton Picker
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1953
Creation Start Date: 
1953
Creation End Date: 
1953
Materials and Techniques: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
Overall: 20 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (51.43 x 19.05 x 21.59 cm.)
AMICA Contributor: 
Dallas Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Dallas, Texas, USA
ID Number: 
1953.3
Credit Line: 
Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Craft Guild of Dallas
Rights: 
Context: 
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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