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Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
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Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

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

Seaman Jim Waters (aka) The Tattooed Poet

1928

Bernarda Bryson

Associated Names

Bernarda Bryson

Artist, American, 1903 - 2004

The image shows a person sitting with their arms crossed, featuring a detailed face with small eyes and straight lips. The individual has short, neatly styled hair and heavily tattooed arms. The person is wearing a sleeveless shirt and the background consists of a speckled gray texture with a vertical dark line.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 229 x 152 mm
paper: 318 x 241 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.4352

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Signed: In pencil LL: Bernarde Bryson. LR: Artists Proof 1928.

Wikidata ID

Q76457711

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