Old Women (Primary Title)
P.H. Polk (Portfolio Title)

Prentice Herman Polk, American, 1898 – 1984 (Artist)
South Light (Publisher)

1932, printed 1981
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Mat (orginal portfolio mat): 19 15/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.64 × 40.32 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.56 × 27.62 cm)
Image: 11 5/16 × 8 11/16 in. (28.73 × 22.07 cm)
2016.594.1
Not on view
18/60
Original Portfolio Mat
Signed by the artist in black ink below image in lower right corner print recto: "P. H. Polk"
AGFA paper manufacturer watermark on print verso
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
Like a Study in Black History: P. H. Polk, Chester Higgins and The Black Photographers Annual, Volume 2, VMFA, October 7, 2017 – August 15, 2018

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