Study of Julia Evergood

Moses Soyer

1962

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Migratory Workers Playing Checkers in Front of a Juke Joint During the Slack Season for Vegetable Pickers, Belle Glade, Florida, Marion Post Wolcott, gelatin silver print
Cos Cob, Childe Hassam, etching
A black and white photograph featuring a city view downtown New York, captured from the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building. In the foreground is one of the iconic eagle gargoyles jetting out of the Chrysler building's facade. In the background is a perspective view of multiple skyscrapers going into the horizon, complemented by a white hazy sky. Towards the bottom of the photograph lanes of cars and trucks are stopped at the street light. A painted sign on one side of a building facing the eagle reads "This is the Lincoln Building 60 East 42nd St."
In this round print in black ink on paper, two centrally located figures work to produce maple sugar. While the figure on the right carries to buckets with a yolk at his neck, the figure at the left dumps the same type of bucket into a larger vessel. Behind this figure at the left are two oxen yolked to move the larger vessel. In the background (behind the group) is a barn, a maple tree tapped to produce maple syrup, and partially visible trees. At the bottom of thep rint is a small still life that incldues maple leaves and implements used in the production of maple syrup.