Ol' Peckerwood
1939
Image: 18.4 x 25 cm (7 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 21.8 x 33 cm (8 9/16 x 13 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.240
This composition centers on the White overseer of a chain gang composed of incarcerated Black men. To create the print, Elmer W. Brown drew on his own experiences in the Missouri state-prison system after having been caught riding a freight train illegally. While the men labor...
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