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Ladies Playing Cards
Ladies Playing Cards
Artist (1886 - 1988)

Ladies Playing Cards

Date1968-1969
DimensionsSight: 13 × 16 in. (33 × 40.6 cm)
Object numberN0106.1974
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Mrs. H. Payne Breazeale Sr.
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextClementine Hunter is one of the best known 20th-century folk artists. A descendant of slaves, Hunter spent the majority of her life on Melrose Plantation in Louisiana. Hunter's art was inspired by her plantation life. She depicted plantation hands at work, at church, and at play, as well as floral still lifes, and portraiture. Hunter's early works were brought to the attention of François Mignon, a writer, and James Register, a professor at the University of Oklahoma. From the beginning, both men encouraged her work, and they arranged for her first public show in 1946. From then on, Hunter became increasingly well known.
On View
On view
Homage To Hank Greenburg
Malcah Zeldis
1991
Cotton Picking
Clementine Hunter
1970-1980
Crucifixion
Clementine Hunter
1950-1960
Atrocious Brigand
Janet Munro
1992
Maine Family
Unidentified Artist
c. 1850
Tony Pastor's Place
Ralph Fasanella
1947
Christian Hunsicker
Reading Artist
1850
Seated Girl With Strawberries
Joshua Johnson
1803-1805
A Massachusetts Militia Bandsman
Unidentified Artist
n.d.
Cup
c. 1795-1820
Church, Normandy, France
Edward Henry Potthast
1887-1889

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