Collection Highlights
Dragonfly table lamp
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Object Number:
N84.113.1
Medium:
Glass, bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (1890-1976)
Object Number:
1947.198
Date:
c. 1945
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, white tempera, and charcoal on watercolor board
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. ( 51.4 x 45.1 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Sgined at lower right in black ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in Paris, Tennessee, and graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1911. He earned several advanced degrees, including a D.D. from Howard University in 1923. In 1926 he became president of Howard and held that position for over twenty years.
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
