Marion’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
One Room School House, Breathitt County, Kentucky
Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990
Tenant Farmer's Children, Younger One with Rickets from Malnutrition. Eroded Land the Result of Tobacco-Cotton Weevel. Wadesboro, North Carolina
Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church, in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky
Negro man entering a movie theatre by outside stairway "For Colored Only" in the Delta area, Belzoni, Mississippi
Mr. R.B. Whitley in his general store, Wendell, North Carolina. (He also owns a cotton exchange, real estate and is president of the bank)
Sunset village, an FSA defense housing project, Radford, Virginia
Taking a rest from hoeing cotton, on the Allen Plantation, Natchitoches, Louisiana; An FSA Co-op
Two Couples in Booth at Juke Joint, Moorehaven, Florida
Cashiers Paying off Cotton Pickers in Marcella Plantation Store, Mileston, Mississippi
Coalminer's Children, Charleston, West Virginia
Post Office in Blizzard, Aspen, Colorado
Making Biscuits for Dinner on Corn Husking Day, the Fred Wilkens Farm, near Tallyho, North Carolina
Migrant Agricultural workers camping out in cane bush near Homestead, Fla. One of the women said, "we ain't never lived like hogs before, but we sure does now."
Winter Visitors Picnicking near Trailer Park, Sarasota, Florida
Migrant Pickers Playing Checkers After a Freeze-Out in the Vegetable Growing Area near Lake Okeechenobee, Homestead, Florida
Brunch being served to winter visitor in private club, Miami, Florida
Union Members Waiting for the Strike-Breaking Scabs to Come out of the Copper Mines, Ducktown, Tennessee
Negro Day Laborers, Marcella Plantation, Milestone, Mississippi Delta
Midway and Carnival Shelby County Fair and Horse Show, Shelbyville, KY
Man of Sorrows
Marion Perkins (American, 1908–1961)