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Still Life with Peonies, (painting)

American Art Museum

Object Details

painter

Porter, James Amos 1905-1970

Notes

Powell, Richard J. and Virginia M. Mecklenburg, "African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2012, pg. 198.
Powell, Richard J. and Virginia M. Mecklenburg, "African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2012, pg. 199.
(Lower right:) Porter '49 signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

Date

1949

Control number

IAP 08586458

Type

Paintings

Medium

Oil on canvas

Owner/Location

Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1994.59

Data Source

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Still Life--Flower--Peony
Still Life--Art Object--Painting

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_ari_477429

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