2.2002.1575: Negro using outside colored stairway to enter movie theatre, Belzoni, Missisissippi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2.2002.1575

People

Marion Post Wolcott, American (Montclair, New Jersey 1910 - 1990 Santa Barbara, California)

Title

Negro using outside colored stairway to enter movie theatre, Belzoni, Missisissippi

Other Titles

Former Title: "Negro" using outside "colored" stairway to enter movie theatre, Belzoni, Missisissippi

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1939, printed later

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Mississippi

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/157378

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

22.2 x 29.8 cm (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
sheet: 27.8 x 35.4 cm (10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: verso, b. center in graphite: Marion Post Wolcott
• inscription: Yes, verso, top center, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: "Negro" using outside "colored" stairway to enter movie theatre [over] Belzoni, Miss. [over] 1939 [over] Archivally processed [over] Selenium toned [over] 30577M-2 [over] Marion Post Wolcott

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Gift of Wolcott Community Management

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

2.2002.1575

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Photographs from The Carpenter Center Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/06/2005 - 10/30/2005
• Vision and Justice: The Art of Citizenship, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2016 - 01/08/2017

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