This is a demonstration of the ISM WPA image gallery
Rural Scene
Irean Gordon ( )
oil on canvas, circa 1940
30 x 40 inches
This farmscape depicts a small farm during the Depression. Corn has been harvested, but there are no people around, giving the farmstead an abandoned look. The sky is darkening; there is no sunlight highlighting the scene.
Collection of the Illinois State Museum
photograph by Gary Andrashko
ISM Accession #: 1943.16/539
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