Self Portrait
Object Details
- Date
- 1940
- Artist
- Loïs Mailou Jones, born Boston, MA 1905-died Washington, DC 1998
- Sitter
- Lois Mailou Jones
- 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
- Topic
- Occupation\art\painter
- Portrait female
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Object number
- 2006.24.2
- Type
- Painting
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- casein on board
- Dimensions
- 17 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (44.5 x 36.7 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- saam_2006.24.2
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