Pool Lady
Artist
Emma Amos
(American, 1938 - 2020)
CultureAmerican
Date1980
MediumEtching, aquatint and styrene stencil
DimensionsOverall, Image: 24 × 21 in. (61 × 53.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 35 5/8 × 32 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (90.5 × 83.2 × 3.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 35 5/8 × 32 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (90.5 × 83.2 × 3.8 cm)
SignedArtist signature bottom right on mat
InscribedTitle witten in bottom center on mat
PortfolioEdition AP 3 of 4
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.33
Not on view
DescriptionA Black woman sitting in a striped black-and-white bathing suit. The piece is framed with a cream mat.ProvenanceEstate of the artist via Mary Ryan Gallery, New York City to, CMA (2023)Exhibition History1980 Artists who make prints, Lowenstein Library Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NY 1981 Emma Amos: Paper and Linen, Drawings, Etchings and Weavings, National Urban League, NY 2017 Constructing Identity, Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, Portland Art Museum, OR 2021 Emma Amos: Color Odyssey, Georgia Museum of Art, GA; travelled to Munson Museum, NY (2021); and Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA (2021)Published ReferencesShawnya L. Harris, ed., Emma Amos: Color Odyssey (Atlanta, GA: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2021), 110
