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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

James Lesesne Wells, Primitive Boy, c. 1929, linocut in black on wove paper, Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy, 2015.115.46

Primitive Boy

James Lesesne Wells · c. 1929 · linocut in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.115.46

William Christenberry, Memory Form II, 1997-1998, archival board, wood, encaustic, black paint, Gift of Stephen Bennett Phillips in honor of Sandra Deane Christenberry, 2021.94.1

Memory Form II

William Christenberry · 1997-1998 · archival board, wood, encaustic, black paint ·  Accession ID  2021.94.1

Tanya Marcuse, Woven No 4, 2015, printed 2023, inkjet print, Gift of the Charina Endowment Fund in memory of Robert B. Menschel, 2023.60.1

Woven No 4

Tanya Marcuse · 2015, printed 2023 · inkjet print ·  Accession ID  2023.60.1

Margaret Burroughs, African Coiffures, 1983, linocut on wove paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2023.51.1

African Coiffures

Margaret Burroughs · 1983 · linocut on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2023.51.1

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Untitled

Ben Abramowitz · 1965 · acrylic and watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2018.143.3