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7.00" x 10.00"
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2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
12.50" x 15.50"
The Tired Gleaner Framed Print
by Heritage Images
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The Tired Gleaner framed print by Heritage Images. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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The Tired Gleaner, 1880. Gleaning?or picking up what little grain remains after a wheat field has been harvested?was usually the job of the poor,... more
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The Tired Gleaner, 1880. Gleaning?or picking up what little grain remains after a wheat field has been harvested?was usually the job of the poor, especially women and children. Breton shows a single gleaner stretching against a backdrop of the setting sun, while behind her others still labor in the field. Her bare feet and worn, simple clothing immediately identify her as a peasant. At the same time, however, her expansive gesture and the subdued tones of her skin and clothes link her to the surrounding landscape, both visually and symbolically. This painting not only suggests the hardships of peasant life, but also the grand link between humanity and the land. Like many of his successful contemporaries, Breton met demand for his paintings by copying and making variations of his own works. This picture is similar to a larger, more famous painting that was exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1880. The Cleveland collector Hinman H. Hurlbut, who bought this canvas from the artist, probably co...
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