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Avent, Mayna Treanor,
Portrait group -- Family
Painting
The Brown Madonna, (painting).
Artist:
Avent, Mayna Treanor, 1868-1959, painter.
Title:
The Brown Madonna, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1936.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(Lower left:) Mayna T. Avent signed
Description:
Portrait of a young African-American mother seated with her body facing forward and her gaze directed town toward her infant seated on her lap. She wears a pink dress and the infant is wear a white dress and a blue blanket.
Subject:
Portrait group -- Family -- Mother & Child
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Avent, James M., Mr. & Mrs.,
References:
Kelly, James C., "Portrait Painting in Tennessee," Tennessee Historical Quarterly, pg. 260.
Illustration:
Kelly, James C., "Portrait Painting in Tennessee," Tennessee Historical Quarterly, pg. 261.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 89860052
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