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A Shadow of Life

1994

Thornton Dial

Artist, American, 1928 - 2016

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Artwork overview

Medium

charcoal on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Auldlyn Higgins Williams and E.T. Williams, Jr. in honor of Dr. Kline Armond Price, Jr., Hugh Bernard Price and in memory of their parents Charlotte Schuster Price and Dr. Kline Armond Price, Sr.
Dimensions

sheet: 90.49 × 62.87 cm (35 5/8 × 24 3/4 in.)
Accession

2015.24.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Auldlyn Higgins Williams and E.T. Williams, Jr., NY; gift to NGA, 2015

Associated Names

Williams, E.T. Jr.

Exhibition History

2022

Called to Create: Black Artists of the American South, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2022-2023.

Inscriptions

lower right in charcoal: TD

Wikidata ID

Q64633323

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