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Nationality

American

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Date of Work

1934

Medium

Oil on canvas

Signature

Lower left

Height

33"

Width

39"

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection

Status

Stored: 234_W02

Location

UND Art Collections Repository

Additional Information

Men sitting or standing in front of farm equipment, all wearing blue, red, orange, or tan clothing.

From Text Panel:

Born in Mountain, North Dakota, Thorarin Snowfield studied in New York City at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design, and then in Minnesota at the Minneapolis Art School. During the Great Depression, he painted the work on display for a federally funded program.

Snowfield's painting shows a farm crew taking a lunch break. Behind them is an old fashion threshing machine that was run off a steam engine (not visible in the picture). The horse is still in use here pulling a wagon with grain to unload in the thresher.

Funded by the Federal Government's Public Works of Art Project

Condition

Good, paint is cracking

Rights

Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”

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