Scarlet Quince BEN006 The Cotton Picker by Thomas Hart Benton Counted Cross Stitch Chart- Regular Size Symbols

A counted cross stitch pattern of a family of black sharecroppers in the Depression-era South harvesting their cotton crop. In the foreground a young man in an orange T-shirt and blue jeans gathers cotton. A man is lifting a cotton bag up to a primitive crane to load the cotton into the wagon standing under a blasted live oak. A boy is dragging his cotton sack to the wagon as a woman stands by with her bag. The fields behind them shimmer in the heat. (American Regionalism, 1943-4) This pattern is solidly stitched. Art T. H. Benton and R. P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by VAGA, New York NY/1943-4, egg tempera on masonite, 22 x 23 1/2 Inch Any color fabric may be used.