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Clementine Hunter
American, 1887-1988

The Wedding, 1960
Oil on canvas

T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. Collection, 1996.176

This self taught Louisiana artist painted
scenes from the working plantations of the
South, where she lived most of her life. Here
she captures a wedding celebration using the
simplified forms and sense of color for which
she is best known.