About the Artwork
Betty Steele Turner
1936
Prentice H. Polk
1898-1984
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/8 × 7 7/8 inches (24.4 × 20 cm) Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
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African American Art
Gift of Dr. Delano A. Willis
2008.414
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Markings
Signed, lower left: P.H. Polk
Signed on image, in black pen and ink, lower left: P.H. Polk Inscribed with title and dated on sheet, in pen and blue ink, upper center, verso: Betty Steel Turner | 1936
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2008-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Prentice H. Polk, Betty Steele Turner, 1936, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Delano A. Willis, 2008.414.
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