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Miss Brown To You

1970

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A vivid oil and acrylic portrait of a woman, Suzanne Brown, dressed in red and depicted against a bright red background. Pictured from the waist up, she wears a long sleeve bright red top with a round neckline and her hair is styled in an Afro. Her elbows are bent and her forearms rest against her waist with her left elbow jutting slightly away from her body. She gazes directly at the viewer. The background of the square painting is a slightly deeper red. The portrait is signed and dated at top right: [B.

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Catalog reference: 2023.3

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