Self Portrait
Object Details
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Date
- 1940
- Object number
- 2006.24.2
- Exhibition Label
- Jones went to Africa for the first time in 1970, at age sixty-five, but the forms, rhythmic cadences, and vibrant color she associated with the ceremonies of Africa had infused her art since her student years. These influences are apparent in Self Portrait, in which Jones links her identity with traditional African sculpture.
- African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, 2012
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist
- Artist
- Loïs Mailou Jones, born Boston, MA 1905-died Washington, DC 1998
- Sitter
- Lois Mailou Jones
- Topic
- Occupation\art\painter
- Portrait female
- Medium
- casein on board
- Dimensions
- 17 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (44.5 x 36.7 cm)
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- saam_2006.24.2
Self Portrait
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