A black-and-white photograph portrays a group of Black adults dancing cheerfully in a crowded room.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A black-and-white photograph shows a group of Black adults dancing cheerfully together in a crowded room. Center-left is a young woman in a white long-sleeve top with dark-colored bandana tied loosely around her neck, long pants, and tall boots. Her hands swing out to the left. Beside her on the right is a young man wearing a suit and fedora hat, his hands held in front of him as he dances. Both are looking downward and smiling. Behind them is a crowd of other dancers. Two paintings hang on the back wall, and streamers hang from the ceiling.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.1576
People
Marion Post Wolcott, American (Montclair, New Jersey 1910 - 1990 Santa Barbara, California)
Title
Negros Jitterbugging in "Juke Joint," Clarksdale, Mississippi
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/157773

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 21.7 x 27.3 cm (8 9/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
sheet: 27.7 x 35.3 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, below center, in graphite: Marion Post Wolcott
  • inscription: verso, above center, in graphite: Negros Jitterbugging in "Juke Joint," Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1939
    Archivally printed
    Selenium toned
    52594D

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
2.2002.1576
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/05/2016 - 03/29/2017

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