untitled (Laundry Day)
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Description:
Watercolor on paper of an unidentified woman hanging laundry on a clothesline. The image is dominated by shades of brown with the two central pieces of fabric in complimentary colors of dulled reds and greens. The pigment is applied using a mix of dry brush and wet-in-wet techniques and Ball used the strong black outlines influenced by Japanese prints which inspired the Charleston Renaissance Movement.
- Title: untitled (Laundry Day)
- Creator: Mary Wilson Ball, 1892-1984
- Date: Undated
- Signature: Mary Wilson Ball
- Signature Location: lower left corner
- Culture: American
- School: Charleston Renaissance Movement
- Dimensions: H-17 W-13.5 inches
- Collection: Works on Paper Collection
- Object Name: Mary Wilson Ball Artwork
- Other Name: Watercolor on Paper
- Object Id: 1975.32.154
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