The Lovers (Somali Friends)

Lois Mailou Jones1950

Details

Title: The Lovers (Somali Friends)
Creator: Lois Mailou Jones
Date Created: 1950
Physical Dimensions: overall: 38.1 × 45.72 cm (15 × 18 in.)
Provenance: Gift 1950 from the artist to Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Sr., and Elizabeth Moore;[1] their son, Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. [1952-1997], Washington; purchased 1998 from his estate through (Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington) by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] According to the 1998 acquisition proposal written by Corcoran curator Linda Crocker Simmons, the painting was given to Tibbs and Moore on the occasion of their 1950 marriage; see NGA curatorial files.
Rights: CC0
Medium: casein on canvas

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