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Painting of a rural landscape with people harvesting crops, washing clothes, and working with w…
Work Day at Melrose
Painting of a rural landscape with people harvesting crops, washing clothes, and working with wood, surrounded by houses and trees.

Work Day at Melrose

Artist Clementine Hunter (American, 1886 - 1988)
Dateearly 1960s
Mediumoil on hardboard
ClassificationsPainting
DimensionsObject Size HxW: 15 × 30 in.
Frame Size: 17 1/4 × 32 × 2 in.
Credit LineGift of the Hugh Schoephoerster Family
Object number2001.48.8
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