Pirkle Jones, Unidentified Migrant Worker Brought to the Valley for the Last Harvest, from the series Death of a Valley, 1956, printed 1960; collection SFMOMA, gift of an anonymous donor in memory of Merrily Page; © The Pirkle Jones Foundation
- What adjectives would you use to describe the figure in this work? Why did you choose those words?
- Does this work of art express an idea or emotion? What do you see that that makes you say that?
- Assume the pose of the figure in this work of art. Act out what you think might happen next.
- Does anything you see happening here remind you of another story you know? If yes, what is that story, and what about the work reminds you
of it? - If you were telling the story of this work, what would you call it, and why?
