The Green Door

1981

Lois Mailou Jones

Artist, American, 1905 - 1998

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Daniel Malloy, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1991; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Afro-Atlantic Histories, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, 2021-2024 (shown only in Washington).

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Lois Mailou Jones / Haiti 1981

Wikidata ID

Q64593287

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