Signed on image, lower left: P. H. Polk
Celestine Birge, 1933
- Prentice H. Polk, American, 1898-1984
Gelatin silver print
- Framed: Image: 9 3/4 × 8 inches (24.8 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Delano Willis
F1988.106
Department
African American Art
- Gelatin silver process
- Photographic gelatin
- Portrait
- Painting (visual work)
- Bench
- Piano bench
- Headband (headgear)
- Gelatin silver print
- Rug
- Corsage (costume accessory)
- Girl
- Tuskegee
- Seated
- Full-length portrait
- African american
- Birge, celestine
Details
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
Provenance
1989-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Rights Status
© Tuskegee Univ. Archives Contact: Donald Polk (son of the artist) 4340 Hammersmith Drive, Clermont, Fl. 34711 Email: dlanodp@cfl.rr.com OR Dana R. Chandler University Archivist/Associate Professor Tuskegee University Archives, A Division of Library Services John A. Kenney Hall, Room 44-201 Tuskegee, Alabama 36088 Office Phone: 334.725.2374 Fax: 334.725.2321
Prentice H. Polk, Celestine Birge, 1933, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Delano Willis, F1988.106.
