Cornell University Library Digital Collections
The onion fields
- Title:
- The onion fields
- Collection:
- Alison Mason Kingsbury: Life and Art
- Creator:
- Kingsbury, Alison Mason (American artist, 1898-1988)
- Date:
- 1942
- Location:
- Canastota (N.Y.)
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- AMK2010_0189
- Collection Number:
- 3663
- File Name:
- AMK2010_0189.tif
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- oil paintings (visual works)
- Materials/Techniques:
- oil paint (paint)
- Subject:
- scenes (depictions)
- Measurement:
- 1.83 x 4.57 (meters)
- Description:
- A mural commission from the Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, for the Canastota Post Office. The artist won the commission with a design featuring two Russian laborers farming an onion field, an agricultural staple for the area.
- Cite As:
- Alison Mason Kingsbury papers, #3663. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Collection of the Canastota Post Office, Canastota, New York
- Archival Collection:
- Alison Mason Kingsbury Papers
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For information regarding copyright for this image, send inquiries to rarerepro@cornell.edu
