Gloria Jean with Her Old Man and Sally Brown, a Friend Lady, 1987

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Medium

transparent and opaque watercolor and acrylic with graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 45.72 × 60.96 cm (18 × 24 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation

Accession Number

2020.28.24

Artists / Makers

Georgia Speller (artist) American, 1931 - 1988

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Inscription

"Jim # Sal" verso, upper center margin, black ballpoint pen. "Gloria Jean with Her Old Man and Sally Brown, a Friend Lady" verso, lower right margin, black felt-tip pen. "Mrs Speller" verso, lower right margin, black ballpoint pen.

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

The artist, Memphis, Tennessee; 1988 William S. Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia; 2012 gift to the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia; 2020 purchased by NGA.

Associated Names

Souls Grown Deep Foundation

Exhibition History

2022: Called to Create: Black Artists of the American South, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2022-2023.

Bibliography

2000: Arnett, Paul, and William Arnett. Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South. 2 vols. Atlanta, 2000-2001: vol. 1, p. 415, pl. 466, repro.