Homage to Migrant Workers, 2000
Date2000
MediumDrawing; pencil on wove paper, in cardboard mat and frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 34 x 21in. (86.4 x 53.3cm)
Frame (height x width): 40 x 30in. (101.6 x 76.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2002.48.0
DescriptionComposition with figures of West Indian agricultural workers, tobacco leaves, fruit, and vegetables, including black-eyed peas. Some men wear straw hats and striped shirts or pants. One man holds a machete or large knife. A woman wears a polka dot bandana and blouse. Ocean waves and the hull of a ship are at lower left. Nails in a wooden block are at lower right.
Label TextBloomfield artist Stanwyck Cromwell created this detailed drawing to dramatize the experience of generations of West Indian agricultural workers in the United States. The composition includes tobacco leaves, frequently harvested by West Indians in Connecticut, as well as black-eyed peas and other crops more typical of the American South. Cromwell himself is a recent emigrant from the West Indies.
Status
On view
