John Steuart Curry

The Stockman
1929

A painting depicting a stern-looking farmer standing upright with a horse to his left and various farm animals, including cows and pigs, around him. The farmer is dressed in a brown suit and hat, with a white shirt and a red tie, holding a whip in his right hand. In the background, there are farm buildings and a silo under a light blue sky. The artist's signature, "John Steuart Curry," is visible at the bottom left.

A painting depicting a stern-looking farmer standing upright with a horse to his left and various farm animals, including cows and pigs, around him. The farmer is dressed in a brown suit and hat, with a white shirt and a red tie, holding a whip in his right hand. In the background, there are farm buildings and a silo under a light blue sky. The artist's signature, "John Steuart Curry," is visible at the bottom left.

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Date
1929

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 52 1/16 × 40 1/4in. (132.2 × 102.2 cm)

Accession number
31.161

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/1746

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019
Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

John Steuart Curry
13 works in the collection

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