untitled (Vegetable Vendor)

Description:

Watercolor on paper illustrating a woman taking vegetables (or fruit) from a basket and placing them on a table. The subject wears a peach-colored dress and peers at the artist from underneath a hat. A smaller basket of produce sits on the table. The painting was originally cut into a diamond-shape to fit a matted frame.

• Title: untitled (Vegetable Vendor)
• Creator: Smith, Edith deMay, 1908-1984
• Date: Undated
• Signature: EMJ Smith
• Signature Location: on tall basket in graphite
• Culture: American
• School: Charleston Renaissance Movement
• Dimensions: H-14 W-9 inches

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• Collection: Works on Paper Collection
• Object Name: Watercolors
• Other Name: Work on Paper
• Object Id: AZ 2619

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• Search Terms
  • African Americans
  • Baskets
  • Fruit
  • Produce
  • Street vendors
  • Vegetables
  • Women