Washing Clothes / Kensel Franklin

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Accession Number: 2011/2.184
Title: Washing Clothes
Artist: Kensel Franklin
Artist Nationality: Haitian
Artist Life Dates: Haitian, 1945-1975 (?)
Medium and Support: oil on masonite
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. James L. Curtis
Dimensions: 95.25 cm (37 1/2 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Object Classification: Painting
Primary Object Type: figures on landscape
Physical Description: A group of women gather to wash clothes in a river while a man looks on.
Primary Keywords: painting; people; river; washing
Secondary Keywords: bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; painting and painting techniques; painting techniques; painting techniques by application method; painting techniques by medium; people and culture; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; riverine bodies; settlements and landscapes
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 3172 x 2337
File Size: 992 KB
Record: 2011/2.184
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.184/2011_2_184.jpg

In public portfolios: All objects from South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean (344); Caribbean Objects (89)

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Full citation: "Washing Clothes; Kensel Franklin." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.184/2011_2_184.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.