About the Artwork
George Washington Carver with a Plant
ca. 1940
Prentice H. Polk
1898-1984
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Overall (image and sheet): 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Photographs
African American Art
Gift of Delano Willis
F1988.92
© Tuskegee Univ. Archives
Markings
Signed, lower left, on image: P H Polk Signed, lower right, on sheet: P H Polk
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Provenance
1989-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 65, nos. 2/3 (1989): 23, fig. 19 (ill.).
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© Tuskegee Univ. Archives
Prentice H. Polk, George Washington Carver with a Plant, ca. 1940, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Delano Willis, F1988.92.
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