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Turkey Pasture in Kentucky
George Fuller1878/1878
Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, United States
The late afternoon sun casts its dreamy veil across this scene of slave labor in the antebellum South. George Fuller based Turkey Pasture in Kentucky on his travels through this region in the 1850s, returning to these memories later in his career. Thick layers of paint and loose brushwork reveal his studies in France and his interest in contemporary ideas about landscape painting. Yet the blurring of details may also suggest the barefoot girl’s own ability to dream of a world beyond these fields.
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- Title: Turkey Pasture in Kentucky
- Creator: George Fuller
- Creator Lifespan: 1822/1884
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Null
- Creator Birth Place: Deerfield, MA
- Date: 1878/1878
- Location Created: United States
- Provenance: William H. Abercrombie, 1922; Vose Galleries, Boston, Mass.; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1958; Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Mass.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to The Chrysler Museum, 1971.
- Physical Dimensions: 27 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (69.9 x 102.9 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
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