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.; Frame: 33 × 28 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.
- Credit line
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.
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.; Frame: 33 × 28 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.
- Credit line
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.