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Floyd Burroughs, Alabama

Photograph
1936 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

20thC, Photographs of Social History; Miller E, Group of children, St Thomas, Virgin Is


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleFloyd Burroughs, Alabama (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Brief description
20thC, Photographs of Social History; Miller E, Group of children, St Thomas, Virgin Is
Dimensions
  • Height: 49.5cm
  • Width: 39.5cm
Object history
NB: The term "negro" was used historically to describe people of black African heritage but, since the 1960s, has fallen from usage and, increasingly, is considered offensive. The term is repeated here in its original historical context.
Bibliographic references
  • AFRICAN NEGRO ART Photographs by Walker Evans List of Photographs The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935
  • African Negro Art Edited by James Johnson Sweeney, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935
Collection
Accession number
179-1967

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Record createdAugust 12, 2003
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