About the Artwork
The Pipe Smoker
1932
Prentice H. Polk
1898-1984
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (24.4 × 19.4 cm)
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African American Art
Gift of Dr. Delano A. Willis
2008.410
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Markings
Signed on image, in black pen and ink, lower left: P.H. Polk
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2008-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Prentice H. Polk, The Pipe Smoker, 1932, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Delano A. Willis, 2008.410.
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