Black Anthem
Leon Polk Smith
Contemporary Art
On View:
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1960
DIMENSIONS
72 × 120 in. (182.9 × 304.8 cm)
frame: 68 1/4 × 120 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (173.4 × 306.1 × 4.4 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2011.12.6
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Leon Polk Smith
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Leon Polk Smith (American, 1906–1996). Black Anthem, 1960. Oil on canvas, 72 × 120 in. (182.9 × 304.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Leon Polk Smith, 2011.12.6. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum Photograph, 2011.12.6_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2011.12.6_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum Photograph, 2022
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