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Washington, DC 20565

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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

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

Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Sr.

1943

Lois Mailou Jones

Associated Names

Lois Mailou Jones

Artist, American, 1905 - 1998

The image is a portrait showing the head and upper shoulders of a person facing slightly to the left. The individual has light-colored eyes, a thin mustache, and short, neat, dark hair with a subtle wave. They are wearing round glasses, a striped suit jacket, a white collared shirt, and a yellow tie with a green and pink pattern. The background has patches of color in blue, green, and orange tones.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pastel on pink laid paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.)
Dimensions

sheet: 32.86 × 25.72 cm (12 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.3013

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr., Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1996; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in pastel: Lois M. / Jones / 43

Watermarks

USA / Sera

Wikidata ID

Q64593288

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