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Untitled
Mary Tillman Smith1987
Souls Grown Deep
Atlanta, United States
The female figure in this piece holds her arms in an encircling embrace, perhaps signifying the artist’s welcoming nature. The thick white stripes that delineate the body recall the fences surrounding Smith’s property, which she build herself from whitewashed strips of corrugated tin. —Lauren Palmor
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- Title: Untitled
- Creator: Mary T. Smith
- Creator Lifespan: 1905/1995
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Female
- Creator Death Place: Hazlehurst, Mississippi
- Creator Birth Place: Hazlehurst, Mississippi
- Date Created: 1987
- Location Created: Hazlehurst, Mississippi
- Physical Dimensions: 33 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (85.1 x 60.3 cm)
- Subject Keywords: Black art, African American art
- Type: Painting
- Original Source: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
- Rights: © Mary T. Smith / Photo: Stephen Pitkin, Pitkin Studio
- External Link: https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/mary-t-smith
- Medium: Paint on pressboard
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