Artwork
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Prentiss, Tina, 1905-
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content: Tina Prentiss papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet (OV6-10)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1954-circa 1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.prentina, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Found are portraits painted by Tina Prentiss under her series, Symbolic Portraits. Oil paintings on board depict the subject as a series of objects commenting on their interest and personality. Portraits are of Admiral Richard Byrd, James Michael Curley, Marion Lusk Lander, Allen McClennen, Paul Prentiss, Edward Rowe Snow, and Bradford Washburn. Also found are portraits of biblical figures and larger concepts: David, Moses, Mother, and Polly.