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The Lovers (Somali Friends)
Lois Mailou Jones1950
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
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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