About the Artwork
The Jackson Children
1935
Prentice H. Polk
1898-1984
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 7/8 × 7 3/4 inches (25.1 × 19.7 cm) Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Photographs
African American Art
Gift of Dr. Delano A. Willis
2008.413
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Markings
Signed, lower left: P H Polk
Signed on image, in blue pen and ink, lower left: P H Polk Signed on image, in black pen and ink, lower left: P.H. Polk Inscribed on sheet, in black pen and ink, upper right, verso: 21 Inscribed on sheet, in pencil, lower left, verso: BMA 14. 1982
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2008-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Prentice H. Polk, The Jackson Children, 1935, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Delano A. Willis, 2008.413.
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