Ancestry and Innovation: African American Art from the Collection
BLACK MATRIARCH
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  • Clementine Hunter (1886/87–1988)
  • Melrose Plantation, Natchitoches, Louisiana
  • c. 1970s
  • Oil on cardboard
  • 24 x 16 1/2 in.
  • American Folk Art Museum, gift of Mrs. Chauncey Newlin, 1991.23.4
  • Photo by Gavin Ashworth