The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 10, 2026

A vertically oriented, grainy lithograph in black ink depicts two women with medium skin tones working in a grain field. On the left, a standing woman with her back turned carries a bundle of stalks. To the right, another woman bends forward to gather grain, a bundle resting on her back. Both wear headscarves and dresses. In the distance, small buildings sit before jagged mountains under a dark, moody sky.

Harvest

1940

Kenneth Miller Adams

(American, 1897–1966)
America
lithograph
Sheet: 29.2 x 22.9 cm (11 1/2 x 9 in.)
Gift from Gwen Fate and Kevin Henegar 2023.28
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The Taos Society of Artists, which existed from 1915 to 1927, was largely responsible for developing the tiny Taos art community into an international art destination.

Description

Settling in Taos, New Mexico, in 1924, Kenneth Miller Adams became the youngest member of the Taos Society of Artists. Taking inspiration from the tradition of Mexican muralists Diego Rivera and Jose Orozco, his subject matter focused on Native American agrarian life using stylized figures in pared down landscapes. Like many Anglo painters, Adams’s works tend to foster an association between Indigenous people and their environment in a manner verging on romanticism.
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