Theodore and Cornelius Polk
1936, printed 1981
Artist, American, 1898 - 1984
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 31.9 × 22.2 cm (12 9/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
sheet: 35.5 × 27.7 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.4227
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(South Light, Atlanta); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, purchase, 1981; acquired by NGA, 2015.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1998
Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 11 – June 22, 1998; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 26 – October 19, 1998; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 22 – February 14, 1999
2002
Celebrating the Legacy: African American Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, January 10 – February 25, 2002
Bibliography
1980
Polk, P.H. P.H. Polk: Photographs. Atlanta, 1980: 31.
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower right below image in black ink: P. H. Polk
Wikidata ID
Q64158583