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Bilbo Brown, Brown Skin Follies, Memphis
Bilbo Brown, Brown Skin Follies, Memphis
Bilbo Brown, Brown Skin Follies, Memphis
© Withers Family Trust

Bilbo Brown, Brown Skin Follies, Memphis

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
DateNovember, 1949-1950
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 17 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (45.4 x 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm)
Mat: 28 x 24 in. (71.1 x 61 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMemphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation
Object number2005.3.53
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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