%C2%A9 Estate James B. Turnbull
Breast Feeding, 1939
James B. Turnbullexpand_more
Gouache and watercolor on paperexpand_more
Gift of The Regis Corporationexpand_more 96.18
Not on Viewexpand_more
James Turnbull envisions the heartbreak of poverty in this scene of a mother nursing her young son, whose will to survive is challenged by the mother’s emaciated physical condition and their dilapidated surroundings. Completed in 1939 at the end of the Great Depression, Turnbull’s gouache and watercolor painting is emblematic of the punishing hardships endured by many Americans during the era’s economic turmoil.
Details
- Title
- Breast Feeding
- Artist Life
- 1909 - 1976
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 96.18
- Provenance
- (Fran Horowitz, Hopkins, Minn.); Regis Corporation, Edina, Minn.; given to MIA, 1996.
- Curator Approved
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