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Come in my Room, come on in the Prayer Room

  • Sister Gertrude Morgan, Come in my Room, come on in the Prayer Room, ca. 1970, tempera, acrylic, ballpoint pen, and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.186

Title
Come in my Room, come on in the Prayer Room
Artist
Sister Gertrude Morgan
Date
ca. 1970
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
12 1⁄8 x 23 in. (30.7 x 58.4 cm.) irregular
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Mediums
acrylic
tempera
pencil
ink
Mediums Description
tempera, acrylic, ballpoint pen, and pencil on paperboard
Classifications
Painting
Keywords
  • Ethnic – African-American
  • Architecture Interior
  • Recreation – church – prayer
  • Religion – angel
  • Portrait female – Morgan, Gertrude – self-portrait
Object Number
1986.65.186
Palette
Linked Open Data URI

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