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Still Life with Portrait, 1944

  • Artist

    Lois Mailou Jones

  • Title

    Still Life with Portrait

  • Date

    1944

  • Medium

    Oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    25 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 1 in. (64.8 × 54.6 × 2.5 cm) Frame: 33 × 28 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (83.8 × 72.4 × 3.8 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Lois Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel Trust

  • Object Number

    2014.1.2

The portrait in the background of Still Life with Portrait is larger than, and as well-rendered as, the still-life elements in the foreground. In highlighting this detailed portrait, Lois Mailou Jones stressed her skills as a painter and aligned her own artistic production with previous Western traditions, which had for so long ignored the artistic contributions of Black and female artists.


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Artworks

Still Life with Portrait, 1944

  • Artist

    Lois Mailou Jones

  • Title

    Still Life with Portrait

  • Date

    1944

  • Medium

    Oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    25 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 1 in. (64.8 × 54.6 × 2.5 cm) Frame: 33 × 28 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (83.8 × 72.4 × 3.8 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Lois Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel Trust

  • Object Number

    2014.1.2

The portrait in the background of Still Life with Portrait is larger than, and as well-rendered as, the still-life elements in the foreground. In highlighting this detailed portrait, Lois Mailou Jones stressed her skills as a painter and aligned her own artistic production with previous Western traditions, which had for so long ignored the artistic contributions of Black and female artists.


Explore further