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Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
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6th and Constitution Ave NW
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

Lillian Evans Tibbs

1937

Prentice H. Polk

Associated Names

Prentice H. Polk

Artist, American, 1898 - 1984

The image displays a woman outdoors, holding a large, long-haired dog on a leash. She has distinctive facial features and dark hair partially covered by a hat. The woman wears a textured jacket, a high-necked blouse, and gloves. She stands among trees and foliage in a park or wooded area, looking slightly upward.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

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

image: 26.3 × 20.2 cm (10 3/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 34.3 × 26.4 cm (13 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.4505

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

Willis, Deborah. Reflections in Black. New York, 2000: 71.

Inscriptions

lower right embossed: PHOTOGRAPHIC DIVISION / P.H. POLK, INSTR. / TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALA.

Wikidata ID

Q64158584

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