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fINE ART This artwork is a color linocut titled "Artichoke Picker" (sometimes pluralized as "Artichoke Pickers"), created around 1950 by American artist and activist Emmy Lou Packard.Key Details of the ArtworkArtist: Emmy Lou Packard (1914–1998), a significant California artist known for her social conscience and large-scale block prints.Medium: Linocut in colors on wove paper.Subject Matter: The piece depicts a laborer harvesting artichokes, a theme reflecting Packard's career-long focus on the dignity of labor and social justice.Dimensions: Typically measures approximately 23" x 17" (image size) on a larger sheet.About the ArtistPackard was a protégée and close associate of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. She served as Rivera's chief assistant on the famous "Pan American Unity" mural in San Francisco in 1940. Her work often celebrated the working class, with other well-known pieces including "Strawberry Pickers" and "Peace is a Human Right". |
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