WASHDAY ON THE PLAINS
Date1938
CountryWyoming, USA
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 106.7 x 240 cm (42 x 94 1/2")
Frame: 262.4 x 130 cm (103 5/16 x 51 3/16")
Frame: 262.4 x 130 cm (103 5/16 x 51 3/16")
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of theTeichert Family Collection.
Object number980380000
DescriptionThe canvas plane is dominated by four female figures with hanging laundry behind them that draws the eye in a horizontal line across the image. To the far left a woman in a large brimmed sunhat shakes out a large sheet. To her right is a woman in a sunbonnet carrying an empty basket. The two female figures on the right are both hatless and are each using wash boards to scrub laundry inside half-barreled tubs. In the lower left corner a man kneels at work. Behind the hanging laundry wagon wheels can be seen.On View
Not on viewSeptember 1934