Infant Garment
1986
Sculptor, American, born 1950
Artwork overview
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Medium
mixed media assemblage
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.)
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Dimensions
overall: 85.09 × 65.09 × 6.67 cm (33 1/2 × 25 5/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
framed: 86.36 × 66.04 × 8.89 cm (34 × 26 × 3 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.3938
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired from the artist probably 1986 by Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. [1952-1997], Washington;[1] gift 1996 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] During a visit to the NGA conservation studio in November 2021, the artist confirmed that Tibbs acquired the work from her directly and indicated the likely year of acquisition. See e-mail dated 25 January 2022 from LaStarsha D. McGarity, Andrew Mellon Fellow in the Department of Objects Conservation, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1987
Aesthetics and Spirituality: Collages & Assemblages by Liani Foster and Barbara Tyson-Mosley, The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Washington, 1987, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1989
African-American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, more than twenty venues, January 1989 - November 1992, no. 51, fig. 66.
2003
Black Is A Color: African American Art at Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 February - 7 April 2003, no catalogue.
Inscriptions
lower right: B. TYSON-MOSLEY; upper right reverse: B. Tyson-Mosley / '86; upper right reverse: INFANT GARMENT; lower left reverse: B. Tyson-Mosley / '86
Wikidata ID
Q63863768