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Gift of Longview Foundation Inc., in memory of Audrey Stern Hess, 1976
Catalogue
- Year
- 1972
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 60 × 54 1/8 in. (152.4 × 137.5 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Alma Thomas
Artist

Alma Thomas
Painting
Alma Woodsey Thomas was an African-American artist and art teacher who lived and worked in Washington, D.C., and is now recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century. She is the first African-American woman to be included in the White House's permanent art collection. Thomas is best known for the "exuberant", colorful, abstract paintings that she created after she retired from a 35-year career teaching art at Washington's Shaw Junior High School.
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- Alma Thomas
- Year
- 1972
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 60 × 54 1/8 in. (152.4 × 137.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1972-003485
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified
