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Collections

Varnette Honeywood
Pickin' Cotton1975

Not on view
Mixed-media collage with black-and-white photograph of a shirtless Black man, head tilted back and mouth open, overlaid with a teal-painted hand pressing white cotton against his chest, gilded dried botanical stems, and cotton bolls
Artist or Maker
Varnette Honeywood
United States, 1950 - 2010
Title
Pickin' Cotton
Date Made
1975
Medium
Collage of mixed papers and cotton plant
Dimensions
14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Tilton Family Collection
Accession Number
M.2026.26.13
Classification
Collages
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Copyright
© Varnette P. Honeywood Estate, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban