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Maya Angelou

National Portrait Gallery
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Object Details

Artist
Ross R. Rossin, born 1964
Sitter
Maya Angelou, 4 Apr 1928 - 28 May 2014
Provenance
The artist
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Andrew J. Young Foundation
2013
Object number
NPG.2014.2
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Ross R. Rossin
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 121.9 × 121.9cm (48 × 48")
Frame: 129.7 × 129.9 × 7cm (51 1/16 × 51 1/8 × 2 3/4")
Place
United States\Georgia\Fulton\Atlanta
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Topic
Costume\Jewelry\Necklace
Maya Angelou: Female
Maya Angelou: Literature\Writer
Maya Angelou: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor
Maya Angelou: Literature\Writer\Poet
Maya Angelou: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater
Maya Angelou: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer
Maya Angelou: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist
Maya Angelou: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Television
Maya Angelou: Performing Arts\Performer\Dancer
Maya Angelou: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Maya Angelou: Literature\Writer\Autobiographer
Maya Angelou: Literature\Writer\Memoirist
Maya Angelou: Grammy
Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.2014.2
Metadata Usage (text)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ed6e53c2-d57e-43ce-b41c-dc434fe79ab5

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