African Coiffures

1983

Margaret Burroughs

Artist, American, 1915 - 2010

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linocut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.4 × 40.4 cm (17 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 55.8 × 47.4 cm (21 15/16 × 18 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2023.51.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hemphill Fine Arts); National Gallery of Art, 2023

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"M Burroughs 1983" lower right margin, blue ballpoint pen. "African Coiffures" lower left margin, blue ballpoint pen, artist's hand. "4/4" lower center margin, blue ballpoint pen, artist's hand.

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