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Eva Jessye

c. 1989

Brian Lanker

Artist, American, 1947 - 2011

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)
Dimensions

image/sheet: 26.25 × 26.35 cm (10 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Accession

2015.19.4509

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brian Lanker, Eugene, OR; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1996; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Bibliography

1989

Lanker, Brian and Barbara Summers, ed. I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women who Changed America. New York, 1989: 21.

Inscriptions

on verso of mat, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: OA / 8305; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 1996.10.6

Wikidata ID

Q64145560

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