Lily Cushing
Lily Dulany Emmet Cushing (1909–1969) was an American artist. Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Her personal papers are held by the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art.
Also recorded as Lily Dulany Cushing · Mrs. William T. Emmet · Lily Cushing Boyd · Lily Dulany Emmet Cushing
Lily Cushing
- Name
- Lily Cushing
- Birth Name
- Lily Dulany Emmet Cushing
- Born
- 1909
- Birthplace
- New York City
- Died
- 1969
- Place of death
- Fishers Island, New York
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
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Lily Cushing lived from 1909 to 1969 and is documented in the authority records of the Library of Congress.
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The birth of Lily Cushing is recorded in 1909, and the death in 1969.
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• Name — Lily Cushing • Birth Name — Lily Dulany Emmet Cushing • Born — 1909 • Birthplace — New York City • Died — 1969 • Place of death — Fishers Island, New York
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- 1.Lily Cushing with her daughters Alexandra and Lily at the beach, ca. 1960, from the Lily Emmet Cushing papers, 1929-1972. www.aaa.si.edu.
- 2.Pepper, Terence. Horst Portraits: 60 Years of Style. Harry N. Abrams. September 2001. 978-0-8109-4163-2.
- 3.Lily Cushing MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
- 4.Lily Cushing Smithsonian American Art Museum. americanart.si.edu.
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