Corn Huskers 1934

"Corn Huskers" is a 1934 lithograph by American artist Ernest Fiene (1894-1965). The print depicts two figures, likely farm laborers, sitting in a field of corn husks, engaged in the manual labor of harvesting the crop. Fiene’s work is known for its focus on the realities of everyday life, especially the lives of working people. The stark realism of the image, rendered in graphite and highlighted by the contrast of light and shadow, underscores the artist's commitment to social realism, which characterized the American art scene in the 1930s.