Set in rural long island before the civil war, mount's complex painting presents an african american laborer listening intently to a fiddle tune enjoyed by white men. While a love of music unites the figures in a bond of shared humanity, the two races occupy different spaces--one inside, one outside, both separated by a barn door--effectively symbolizing the pronounced divisions in america at the time. Object Type: painting. Date: 1847. Place of creation: America, 19th century. Dimensions: Framed: 67 x 78 x 7.5 cm (26 3/8 x 30 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 43.4 x 53.5 cm (17 1/16 x 21 1/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Clevelandart 1991.110
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