Acquired through funds provided by the OMCA Art Guild and Judy and Bill Timken in honor of Karen Tsujimoto.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
The Hung Liu Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Content description:
Diptych oil painting on canvas. Image depicts a group of female laborers working in a barren field with a grassy hill on the right side. The women are wearing patch-worked clothing. On the left panel is a group of women pulling a wooden plow through the soil. In the background is a women with two water buckets. Overhead are two flying hawks. On the right panel is a line of women wielding hoes and other farming tools at the base of a grassy hill. In the foreground is a woman holding a basket standing next to a male child holding up a green cup. Over head is another flying hawk.
Concepts:
bird; diptych; field; labor; woman
Places:
China
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