Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.

American, 1952 - 1997

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Five young Black men wearing uniforms sit on the front steps of a brick building around a sixth young man, who holds a basketball in this vertical black and white photograph. Three more men stand in a row behind them. They pose on steps leading up to a door covered with a flag and a sign with the Greek letters for alpha phi alpha. The seated men, the players, wear knee pads, knee-high socks, and sleeveless tank tops with the Greek letters. One of the men in the background wears an Alpha Phi Alpha sweater over a shirt and tie. The next wears a sweater jacket and the third a suit jacket, all over shirts and ties. The artist signed this photograph by inscribing the negative, “VANDERZEE N.Y.C. 1926.”
James Van Der Zee, Alpha Phi Alpha Basketball Team, 1926, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2015.19.4507

Alpha Phi Alpha Basketball Team

James Van Der Zee · 1926 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4507

Barbara Tyson-Mosley, Infant Garment, 1986, mixed media assemblage, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2015.19.3938

Infant Garment

Barbara Tyson-Mosley · 1986 · mixed media assemblage ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3938

Addison Scurlock, Portrait of Madame Evanti (Lillian Tibbs), c. 1934, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2015.19.4506

Portrait of Madame Evanti (Lillian Tibbs)

Addison Scurlock · c. 1934 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4506

Geometric shapes and pieces of fruit in vivid yellow, red, midnight blue, cool green, and orange form a rough pyramid on a mottled brown surface or table in this vertical, abstracted still life painting. The objects and surrounding patterns are painted with visible, textured brushstrokes. The tallest shape is a crimson-red cylinder in the center. In front of and just to the right of the red cylinder is a corn-yellow cylinder topped with a semi-circle resembling a mushroom cap. Next is a red orb, perhaps an apple, sitting in a half-moon shaped, blue and black dish or cup with a yellow footed stem. Balancing out these descending forms are two half-circles that flare to our left from behind the cylinders. The upper disk has a yellow fish-scale pattern against teal blue, and the other lightens from lime green at the center to lemon yellow at the perimeter. Four pieces of fruit are in front of the pyramid. From left to right are a half an oval melon with a dark blue skin and pink flesh, a cluster of acid-green grapes, a pear painted in cobalt blue and bright yellow, and an orange piece of fruit. Slices of pattern cut diagonally across the background and overlap. At the front, turquoise flowers with yellow centers are arranged against coral pink and black lines. Other slices have stripes, polka dots, or more flowers in tones of bright yellow, cranberry red, carnation pink, and sky blue. A vertical band up the right edge of the composition has pale blue dots against celestial blue.
Margaret Burroughs, Still Life, 1943, oil on compressed particle board, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2015.19.206

Still Life

Margaret Burroughs · 1943 · oil on compressed particle board ·  Accession ID  2015.19.206

Shown from the shoulders up, a woman and man, both with brown skin, look at each other in this horizontal portrait painting. Their bodies are angled toward each other and both have black hair, dark eyebrows, and full, coral-red lips. To our left, the woman faces our right in profile. She has a delicate nose and high cheekbones. Her eyes are painted with black lashes over black eyes, without the white of the eye. A gold disk earring hangs from the ear we can see, and she wears white and royal-blue beads in two necklaces. Her hair is combed or styled close to her head, and a swath of brick-red fabric, flecked with golden yellow, wraps around the back of her neck. A scarf with butter-yellow, denim-blue, and red stripes in a plaid pattern is draped across her shoulders, over a rose-pink garment. To our right, the man’s face is angled toward the woman but we see both eyes and the far cheek. His hair is closely cropped and he has a rounded nose, curving brows, and full cheeks. The shadows and folds of his white garment are painted with streaks of teal blue. The background behind the pair is patterned with bands and geometric designs of mustard yellow, scarlet red, and teal, with some stylized leaves in emerald and forest green. The artist signed the work in red paint in the lower right corner, “Lois M. Jones.”
Lois Mailou Jones, The Lovers (Somali Friends), 1950, casein on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase from the Estate of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2015.19.215

The Lovers (Somali Friends)

Lois Mailou Jones · 1950 · casein on canvas ·  Accession ID  2015.19.215

Charles Sebree, The Rescue of Dorie Miller, 1942, gouache with brush and black ink on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2015.19.3015

The Rescue of Dorie Miller

Charles Sebree · 1942 · gouache with brush and black ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3015

Cast from brown bronze, a stylized, nude woman reclines on an oval-shaped, wooden platform in this free-standing sculpture. In this photograph, the base is angled away from us so her head, to our right, is farther from us than her feet. She has a round, bare head with slits for eyes, a low ridge for a nose, and her lips are set in a straight line. She leans along the left side of her body. Her right arm drapes down across her midsection, and her thighs are stacked, with the foot of her top leg resting behind the bottom foot. Her features, including her arms, legs, and breasts, are rounded and smooth. The surface of the bronze is slightly textured throughout, and light glints off of the warm brown patina.
Elizabeth Catlett, Reclining Female Nude, 1955, bronze, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2014.136.296

Reclining Female Nude

Elizabeth Catlett · 1955 · bronze ·  Accession ID  2014.136.296

Lois Mailou Jones, Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Sr., 1943, pastel on pink laid paper, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2015.19.3013

Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Sr.

Lois Mailou Jones · 1943 · pastel on pink laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3013

Raymond Saunders, Red Star, 1970, oil, metallic paint, and collage (paper, synthetic fabric, and gummed tape) on canvas, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2014.136.158

Red Star

Raymond Saunders · 1970 · oil, metallic paint, and collage (paper, synthetic fabric, and gummed tape) on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.136.158

Marion Perkins, The Clown, 1953, limestone, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2015.19.3934

The Clown

Marion Perkins · 1953 · limestone ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3934