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Untitled

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistMarion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990)
TitleUntitled
DateSeptember 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 15/16 × 7 7/16 in. (17.7 × 18.9 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.4.43
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a light-skinned man standing at a stovetop spooning oats into a pan. He holds a cylindrical container labeled “QUICK [MOTHER’S OATS] | The Quaker Oats Company.” An upside-down box on the counter is labeled “RIPPLED WHEAT Breakfast Food.” The man wears a hard hat and soiled clothing, and his face and hands appear dirty.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a light-skinned man standing at a stovetop spooning oats into a pan. He holds a cylindrical container labeled “QUICK [MOTHER’S OATS] | The Quaker Oats Company.” An upside-down box on the counter is labeled “RIPPLED WHEAT Breakfast Food.” The man wears a hard hat and soiled clothing, and his face and hands appear dirty.

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