Harvesting Rice
Artist
Anna Heyward Taylor
(American, 1879 - 1956)
CultureAmerican
Date1937
MediumLinoleum block print on rice paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 1/2 x 13 in. (24.1 x 33 cm)
Overall: 14 5/8 x 17 1/8 in. (37.1 x 43.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
Overall: 14 5/8 x 17 1/8 in. (37.1 x 43.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
InscribedImpression, title and signature in graphite below image, center: "No.- 33 Harvesting Rice -- Anna Heyward Taylor -"
PortfolioNumber 33
Credit LineGift of Mr. C. W. Grandy
Object number47.20.2
Not on view
DescriptionSlaves harvesting rice.Label TextAnna Heyward Taylor American, 1879–1956 Harvesting Rice, 1937 Linoleum block print on rice paper Compare the delicate stalks of rice with the strong contours of the workers’ bodies in this print by South Carolina artist Anna Heyward Taylor. She was a leader of the vibrant Charleston Renaissance of the 1920s and ’30s, and many of her works depict Low Country agriculture. Similar heroic images of rural America were favorite subjects for Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, and other printmakers whose work is on view on this wall. The Chrysler Museum has a small but fine selection of these Regionalist prints, mostly through gifts from local collectors. Gift of Mr. C. Wiley Grandy 47.20.2 Exhibition History"Drawn from the Vault: Collecting American Works on Paper at the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - July 27, 2014.
