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Margaret Walker Alexander

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Artist: Brian Lanker, 31 Aug 1947 - 13 Mar 2011
Sitter: Margaret Walker Alexander, 7 Jul 1915 - 30 Nov 1998

Date: 1988

Type: Photograph

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 71.4 × 71.3 cm (28 1/8 × 28 1/16"); Sheet/Mount: 82.1 × 75.1 cm (32 5/16 × 29 9/16"); Mat: 88.2 × 86.9 cm (34 3/4 × 34 3/16"); Frame: 90.8 × 89.5 × 4.4 cm (35 3/4 × 35 1/4 × 1 3/4")

Topic: Costume\Jewelry\Earring; Interior; Music\Musical instrument\Piano; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair; Printed Material\Book; Costume\Jewelry\Ring; Nature & Environment\Plant; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bookcase; Artwork\Photograph; Interior\Domestic; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Bench; Home Furnishings\Radio; Artist's Effects\Frame; Margaret Walker Alexander: Female; Margaret Walker Alexander: Literature\Writer; Margaret Walker Alexander: Education and Scholarship\Educator; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Lynda Lanker and a museum purchase made possible with generous support from Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, Agnes Gund, Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer, Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois, and Mark and Cindy Aron

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Object number: NPG.2021.78

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery