Study for Picking Apples

circa 1904-10
Walter, Martha

Object Details

TITLE:
Study for Picking Apples
DATE:
circa 1904-10
MEDIUM:
Oil on panel
DIMENSIONS:
9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.
CREDIT LINE:
Bequest of Dorothy J. del Bueno, 2020

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Description

In Study for Picking Apples, figures are loosely described as forms that emerge from the dark and they represent women of different social status. The farm woman is either on her way to the orchard at dawn or heading home at twilight after an exhausting day of work.

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