We Shall Overcome

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Object Details

Artist

Loïs Mailou Jones, born Boston, MA 1905-died Washington, DC 1998

Sitter

Jr. Martin Luther King

Jesse Jackson

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist

Date

1988

Object number

2006.24.8

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

watercolor on paper

Dimensions

23 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (59.7 x 45.1 cm)

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Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

African American

History\United States\Civil Rights Movement

History\South Africa\Apartheid

Portrait male

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76057c424-57c7-4ead-808f-4021413152ad

Record ID

saam_2006.24.8