Self+Portrait+by+Lois+Mailou+Jones

Date: 1940
 * [[image:http://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=http://americanart.si.edu/images/2006/2006.24.2_1a.jpg&max=460 width="268" height="327" link="@http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=76331"]] || Title: **Self Portrait**

Artist: **Loïs Mailou Jones** Born: Boston, Massachusetts 1905 Died: Washington, District of Columbia 1998

Media: casein on board Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (44.5 x 36.7 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Bequest of the artist

Accession: 2006.24.2 || Jones went to Africa for the first time in 1970, at age sixty-five, but the forms, rhythmic cadences, and vibrant color she associated with the ceremonies of Africa had infused her art since her student years. These influences are apparent in //Self Portrait//, in which Jones links her identity with traditional African sculpture.
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//African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond//, 2012


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SAAM Collections Page Artist Biography
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