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Magnolia Flower (lllustration from "Bookmarks in the Pages of Life" by Zora Neale Hurston)
Magnolia Flower (lllustration from "Bookmarks in the Pages of Life" by Zora Neale Hurston)
Magnolia Flower (lllustration from "Bookmarks in the Pages of Life" by Zora Neale Hurston)

Magnolia Flower
(lllustration from "Bookmarks in the Pages of Life" by Zora Neale Hurston)

Artist (born 1926)
Date2000
Mediumcolor screenprint on paper
Dimensionssheet: 15 × 11 in. (38.1 × 27.9 cm)
frame: 20 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (52.1 × 42.5 cm)
ClassificationsART, 2-DIMENSIONAL
Credit LineClara S. Peck Fund
Object number2022.8.3
Descriptionverticle, rectangular print of young mixed-race woman, named Magnolia Flower, at right; daughter of black man and Cherokee woman; her father, formerly enslaved but now successful free man, stands above at upper left; he is depicted using old photograph; palmetto palms surround the young woman, protecting her from her father; large magnolia flower grows at her feet; holds another magnolia in right hand, illustrating her connection with nature.


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  • Post WWII and Contemporary Art
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