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Painter:
Curry, John Steuart 1897-1946  Search this
Subject:
Hoover, Herbert  Search this
Medium:
Oil on panel
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street Augusta Georgia 30901 Accession Number: 1996.009
Date:
1940
Notes:
Morris Museum of Art, 2005.
"5th anniversary: celebrating Southern art," Augusta, GA: Morris Museum of Art, 1997.
"5th anniversary: celebrating Southern art," Augusta, GA: Morris Museum of Art, 1997, pg. 27.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Scene depicting the 1927 Mississippi River Flood with Herbert Hoover standing right of center with a camera man pointing to the crowd of figures. An elderly black man raises his arms to the sky. Red Cross nurses ten to figures at right. Two men use poles to steer a flatboat crowded with figures. A mother nurses a child in the foreground.
Topic:
Disaster--Flood  Search this
Landscape--River--Mississippi River  Search this
History--United States  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Waterscape--Boat  Search this
Occupation--Medicine--Nurse  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Control number:
IAP 67990277
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_374877