Church
Church

© Estate of Georgia Speller / photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio

Church
Church

Currently not on view

Princeton Collects

Church,

1987

Georgia Speller, 1931–1988; born Aberdeen, MS; died, Memphis, TN; active Memphis
2021-59
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Title
Church
Dates

1987

Maker
Georgia Speller
Medium
Tempera and graphite
Dimensions
45.7 × 56.5 cm (18 × 22 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Object Number
2021-59
Place Made

North America, United States, Tennessee, Memphis

Inscription
on verso in ink: Church
Culture
American
Type
drawings
Materials
tempera, graphite
Subject
churches, moons, suns

the artist, Memphis, Tenn. (until 1988; in 1988 purchased by William S. Arnett); William S. Arnett, Atlanta (1988-2012; in 2012 his gift to Souls Grown Deep Foundation); Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta

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