Art painting Does anyone recognize cotton picking plantation slavery Scene Artist Name

28 X 18

oil on canvas

 

Think there's a bit of conclusion-jumping here. I see cotton picking but not slavery or plantation (in the American sense.) More likely India.

Debora

 

You can clearly see modern high rise buildings in the background...
I think this painting is a fake !!

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Oh...REALLY....they say.......
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NO...not really !!!
Just goofin around !!!
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reflection in the window..........

 

I did not see any hi-rise building on it. Bad images I apologize. It seem like an island with those trees and bright colored clothing. Probably not slavery related to the states.
Lots of reflection off the window plus rain

 

doesn't anyone see the reflection of the office building behind the trees...?

 

I like the painting, but the word slavery spoiled it for me. I see no evidence of slavery. Of course I don't know the conditions these people have to work under, or if they are paid.
The Western style dresses and knotted headscarves don't look Indian to me.

I do.

 

Hope it still there a better image could clear the building in the background point. I am now not sure. Any guesses on the signature? Looks like cotton in the painting, but I could be wrong

 

Those larger trees look all wrong for the USA. If anything, they're Caribbean.

 

Wrong for the non-tropical states.

Of course, we (Floridians) are not so big with the cotton production.

 

True, I should have said cotton states. That big tree looks like an Indian Almond, which grow widely in the Caribbean as well. This: http://www.bothranursery.com/product/fruit-plant/badam-indian-almond/

 

I've never seen an American cotton field , with trees in it....... is that even a thing ?

 

thats what makes in weird its has coastal or Island floral. This is the kind of painting you look at when you are desperately, trying to find a justification to purchase.

 

Still There help with the signature will be greatly appreciated

 

Ed Jean?
And below that Cap Haïtien?
Cap Haïtien is a town in Haiti, and I just checked, they grow cotton in Haiti. So it is probably a Haitian painting by someone named Ed Jean.
Those headscarves tied at the back are considered part of the Haitian women's traditional costume.

 

deleted wrong artist link to save on confusion

 

Oh no, this one looks closer: http://www.artshaitian.com/Pages/haitianartedouard.html

 

Here's this one's sig. http://www.artshaitian.com/Pages/haitianartedouard.html

 

Looks like Edouard is our man.