- Created by
- Jones, Loïs Mailou, American, 1905 - 1998
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- H x W (unframed): 20 1/2 × 21 in. (52.1 × 53.3 cm)
- H x W (framed): 26 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. (67.3 × 80 cm)
- Description
- A framed color oil painting titled “Tulips” by Loïs Mailou Jones. The colorful painting depicts a clear, transparent vase with a handle on the right, filled with seven different color tulips (red, lilac, orange, pink, and white). On the left is a rectangular yellow-brown woven basket. A white bag or cloth is below the basket. The objects are all on a dark brown table. The background is a dull, mint color.
- The artist signed, dated, and titled the painting in the front, lower right corner [Lois M. / Jones © / Paris '38] and on the back on the upper stretcher [by Lois Mailou Jones’ ‘TULIPS’ (oil) 1938].
- Place captured
- Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- still lifes
- Topic
- Art
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
- Object number
- 2023.39.24ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Loïs Mailou Jones
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




