Painting

Drying Corn
c 1940
By Pablita Velarde
A family is preparing corn for storage. A woman spreads it out on canvas to dry, the man pours it into a yucca basket, and a young girl carries the baby in her shawl. This work was commissioned by Bandelier National Monument under the Works Progress Administration [WPA] program.
Casein paint, masonite. L 43.1, W 43.1 cm [L17, W 17 inches]
Bandelier National Monument, BAND 2005



Drying Corn c 1940 By Pablita Velarde A family is preparing corn for storage. A woman spreads it out on canvas to dry, the man pours it into a yucca basket, and a young girl carries the baby in her shawl. This work was commissioned by Bandelier National Monument under the Works Progress Administration [WPA] program. Casein paint, masonite. L 43.1, W 43.1 cm [L17, W 17 inches] Bandelier National Monument, BAND 2005

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