Winnowing Wheat
Artist
Will Shuster
(American, 1893 - 1969)
Date1934
Mediumfresco
Dimensions46 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (118.1 x 57.8 cm)
ClassificationsMural
Credit LineFunded through the Federal Emergency Relief Agency, 1934
Object number2006.29.1
DescriptionThis mural portrays women winnowing wheat, the central figure tosses wheat into the wind, allowing the chaff and straw to blow away and leaving the heavier grain to fall into out-spread cloth; behind her, the other women use a screen to accomplish the same task.On View
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