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Painting of three trees raining pecans from their branches onto the ground below, two of which …
Pecan Thrashing
Painting of three trees raining pecans from their branches onto the ground below, two of which are surrounded by three figures each, one on a ladder knocking the nuts off its branches as two others collect the fallen seeds.

Pecan Thrashing

Artist Clementine Hunter (American, 1886 - 1988)
Datecirca 1950
Mediumoil on corrugated cardboard
ClassificationsPainting
DimensionsObject Size HxW: 14 1/8 × 24 in.
Frame Size: 19 × 28 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.
Credit LineGift of the Hugh Schoephoerster Family
Object number1999.35.15
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