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Picking Cotton/African House

Though she began to paint late in life, Clementine Hunter's decades toiling at Melrose Plantation provided plenty of inspiration, as this circa 1955 oil painting "Picking Cotton / African House" shows.

Picking Cotton/African House

Courtesy of Haynie Family Collection

Picking Cotton/African House. Hunter, Clementine (Artist)

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Courtesy of Haynie Family Collection
Date 1955
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