<I>Mabel (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1940
name: label: Created by
content: Hughie Lee-Smith, American, 1915 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Mabel Louise Everett, American, born 1920
notes: label: Caption
content: Hughie Lee Smith painted this sensitive portrait of his wife, Mabel Louise Everett, around the time they were married and moved to Detroit in 1940.
label: Description
content: This oil painting portrait depicts the artist's first wife, Mabel Louise Everett. Shown from the chest upwards, she wears a dark blue dress with red trim at the neckline. Her shoulder length hair is done in a style popular with women during the 1940s, pulled back on the top of her head. Her gaze is directed slightly toward the right side of the painting. The background of the portrait is flat with with tones of brown, cream, red and blue.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stephanie Anne Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.172
objectType: label: Type
content: oil paintings
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Hughie Lee-Smith
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: oil on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 38 × 34 × 5 in. (96.5 × 86.4 × 12.7 cm)