Animations:

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Starting June 3
Exhibitions & Events
Featured event:

Block Party
Join us June 6
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Open 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Starting June 3
Exhibitions & Events
Featured event:

Block Party
Join us June 6
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Scottsboro Limited

1932

Prentiss Taylor

Associated Names

Prentiss Taylor

Artist, American, 1907 - 1991

The image shows a group of seven individuals in a dense composition where their entire bodies are visible. The individuals are positioned closely together, with two figures raising their arms high. The others appear seated or crouched. The facial features are detailed and expressive, with short, curly hair. They are dressed in dark garments suggesting jackets or coats, showing uniformity. The background has vertical and diagonal lines, possibly representing a structure with tall poles. The image has a dynamic and powerful composition.

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 21.9 × 14.1 cm (8 5/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
sheet: 32.6 × 23.5 cm (12 13/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.4733
Catalogue Raisonné

Rose & Quiroz 1996, no. 24

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1996

Rose, Ingrid, and Roderick S. Quiroz.. The Lithographs of Prentiss Taylor: A Catalogue Raisonné. Bronx, NY: Fordham University Press, 1996, p. 78, no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: PT XXIV; lower left in graphite: Scottsboro Limited / 80 prints; lower right in graphite: Prentiss Taylor / April 1932

Wikidata ID

Q76455230

You may be interested in