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Elizabeth Brooks Fuller's watercolors were often made on the spot, and they capture the immediacy of the moment. Here, she has captured another of Deerfield, Massachusetts' more earthy moments, the burning of the potato vines. Before the widespread availability of fungicides and insecticides, potato vines were burned to eliminate the season's blights, and the ashes were spread on the fields. Here, the distinctive low long ridge of Mt. Pocumtuck rises above the field. Fuller (1896-1979) was a member of the town's artistic Fuller family.

 

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Burning

artist   Elizabeth Brooks Fuller (1896-1979)
date   c. 1930
location   New England/ Northeastern US
height   12.75"
width   17.25"
process/materials   paper, watercolor
item type   Art/Painting
accession #   #1995.11.355


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Planting Potatoes

Plowing

"Raising George's Tobacco Barn"


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