1986.62 Otis Dozier, Grasshopper and Farmer


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Created in 1937

Exhibition: Lone Star Regionalism :The Dallas Nine and their Circle 1928-1945, February 3, 1985-July 10, 1988

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Place of origin: Texas (state/United States): TGN: 7007826

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1937-1986: Otis Dozier (1904-1987)
From 1986: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the artist

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  • This print, which depicts the negative impact of swarms of grasshoppers on American farmers in the 1930s, is reminiscent of a trend in trick photography known as exaggerated or tall-tale postcards. In these images, an animal, food, or other object would be represented in an disproportionately large scale, often to demonstrate agricultural abundance. This type of imagery was also used as a humorous tool to cope with the devastating effects of climate problems which plagued 1930s America.

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  • This print, which depicts the negative impact of swarms of grasshoppers on American farmers in the 1930s, is reminiscent of a trend in trick photography known as exaggerated or tall-tale postcards. In these images, an animal, food, or other object would be represented in an disproportionately large scale, often to demonstrate agricultural abundance. This type of imagery was also used as a humorous tool to cope with the devastating effects of climate problems which plagued 1930s America.

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Notes
Created in 1937

Exhibition: Lone Star Regionalism :The Dallas Nine and their Circle 1928-1945, February 3, 1985-July 10, 1988

Object File Reviewed

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography 
Place of origin: Texas (state/United States): TGN: 7007826

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
1937-1986: Otis Dozier (1904-1987)
From 1986: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the artist

AUDIO ASSETS 

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legs (animal or human components): AAT: 300310192
*American Art
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The Dust Bowl: DMA
Dozier_Otis: ULAN: 500331590
Texas (state/United States): TGN: 7007826
scale (relative size): AAT: 300056307
buildings (structures): AAT: 300004792
black-and-white (colors): AAT: 300265434
fences (site elements): AAT: 300005044
grasses (plants): AAT: 300132397
lithography: AAT: 300053271
lithographs (planographic prints): AAT: 300041379
earth (soil): AAT: 300011734
windmills: AAT: 300006273
grasshoppers (insects/animals): AAT: 300310684
farming: AAT: 300192802
oversize: AAT: 300311899
insect damage: AAT: 300230031
bugs (Arthropoda): AAT: 300311431
antennae: DMA
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