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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

Varnette Honeywood, Pickin' Cotton, 1975, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Tilton Family Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban

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