Judith Wearing a Party Dress
1978
Artist, American, 1900 - 1982
Artwork overview
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Medium
marker, ballpoint pen, and graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
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Dimensions
sheet: 43.18 × 35.56 cm (17 × 14 in.)
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Accession
2020.28.21
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist, Atlanta, Georgia; 1982 Judith Alexander, Atlanta, Georgia; 1995 William S. Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia; 2012 gift to the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia; 2020 purchased by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2022
Called to Create: Black Artists of the American South, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2022-2023.
Bibliography
2000
Arnett, Paul, and William Arnett. Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South. 2 vols. Atlanta, 2000-2001: vol. 1, p. 296, pl. 299, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left in ink: Nellie Mae Rowe 1978