Art, literature & historyThe Lovers (Somali Friends)
1950
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- casein on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 38.1 × 45.72 cm (15 × 18 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2015.19.215
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Lovers (Somali Friends) — Lois Mailou Jones. 1950.
Medium: casein on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 38.1 × 45.72 cm (15 × 18 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.19.215. Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase from the Estate of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr., 1998).
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.