Marian Anderson's Easter Concert

April 9, 1939

Thomas D. McAvoy

Associated Names
Thomas D. McAvoy

Artist, American, 1905 - 1966

The image shows a woman standing in front of vintage microphones labeled with broadcasting corporations, including NBC. She is in a singing or speaking posture, facing forward with medium-length dark hair styled away from her face. She wears a dark fur coat over a patterned dress or blouse with an open expression and mouth slightly open. A man sits at a piano next to her. In the background, the seated Abraham Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial is visible, along with its marble columns.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.2 × 19.7 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 20.9 cm (10 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.314

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top right in red crayon: Mc Avoy; center in blue pencil: 39

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