Jackson Lee Nesbitt
United States, b. 1913 December Afternoon, 1993
Lithograph
Spencer Museum of Art: Gift of Steven Schmidt, Class of 1958, 2000.0001
Nesbitt recalls that the barns in this print were derived from a watercolor he did as a commission for Standard Oil of New Jersey and that he “added the two farm couples and set it all in northeast Kansas near the Nebraska border. There’s the sense of an oncoming winter storm; it’s cold […] These are small farmers who will make out okay only as long as their health holds out.” (Retif and Salzer, no. 41) Rural etiquette dictated that the man should visit out of the car, while the woman could stay inside. (visitor comments)
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