Evaline Sellors / Ode to a Cotton Picker / 1953

Evaline Sellors
Ode to a Cotton Picker
1953
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Creator Name: Sellors, Evaline
Creator Dates/Places: American, 1907 - 1995
Creator Name-CRT: Evaline Sellors
Title: Ode to a Cotton Picker
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Creation Start Date: 1953
Creation End Date: 1953
Creation Date: 1953
Object Type: Sculpture
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: http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
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.
AMICA ID: DMA_.1953.3
AMICA Library Year: 2003
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