Charleston, South Carolina

1955- 56

American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

Gelatin silver print

10 15/16 x 14 in. (27.8 x 35.6 cm)

Sheet h.: 10 15/16 in.

Sheet w.: 14 in.

Pacific Northwest Bell, the Photography Council, the Polaroid Foundation, Mark Abrahamson, and the National Endowment for the Arts

83.53

Provenance: Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA; purchased by the Seattle Art Museum, August 8, 1983

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Images: New Work By Twenty Contemporary Photographers, 1979. Set B, Group V.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 200 Photographs from the Museum Collection, Dec. 8, 1983 - Feb. 5, 1984. Text by Rod Slemmons. No cat. no.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Go Tell It: Civil Rights Photography, Apr. 30, 2016 - Jan. 2, 2017.

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