Portrait of a Man

c. 1920s

Addison Scurlock

Artist, American, 1883 - 1964

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 10.1 × 7 cm (4 × 2 3/4 in.)
    mount: 17.8 × 12.7 cm (7 × 5 in.)

  • Accession

    2023.176.2

More About this Artwork

Article:  Washington, DC, through the Scurlock Lens

Meet Addison Scurlock and his sons—among the most important photographers of the Washington Black Renaissance.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Collection of Dr. James K. Hill (1935–2020), Washington, DC; NGA purchase (through Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD), 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right on mount stamped in black ink: Scurlock / 900 You STREET, N. W. / WASHINGTON, D. C.; by unknown hand, bottom left in black ink on applied sticker: 13; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in blue ink on applied sticker: 65

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