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Clothesline In Mary Whyte's Watercolor Painting 'Sweet Pea'
Behind the Clothesline In Mary Whyte’s watercolor painting Sweet Pea, a young African-American girl with braided hair is depicted wearing a light yellow shirt, holding a doll and appears to be standing behind a colorful, vibrant clothesline. What is the young girls reasoning for standing behind the clothesline? Based on the young girl’s familiarized demeanor in Sweet Pea, one can infer that she is standing behind the clothesline because it’s a place that she has been acclimated to being around. She may be used to standing behind the clothesline because she might’ve helped her mother hang up clothes on the clothesline. It’s possible that the young girl’s mother may have passed away or went away for a while, which may have caused the young girl
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