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Emma Amos American, 1937 - 2020
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About the Artwork

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1992

Emma Amos

1937 - 2020

American

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Acrylic on linen canvas with african fabric borders

Overall: 76 × 82 inches (193 × 208.3 cm)

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African American Art

Museum Purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund

2022.19

Non-commercial all standard museum

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(Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, New York, USA);
2022-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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© Emma Amos; Courtesy of Ryan Lee Gallery, New York.

Emma Amos, Equals, 1992, acrylic on linen canvas with African fabric borders. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund, 2022.19.

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