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A tempera and ink painting that depicts workers picking cotton in the field by 5 Cent Jones. Outlines of human figures, farm animals, tools, and plant life are made in ink and painted over in tempera. The center of the painting shows seven figures hand drawn in ink and painted in tempera on the field picking cotton. The cotton field, outlined only in ink, is contrasted in color by the greenery of the grass in the foreground and trees in the background. In the top left corner is the painter's signature, [MC JONES / 5¢].

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