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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.87
People
Roy DeCarava, American (New York, New York 1919 - 2009 New York, New York)
Title
Man coming up subway stairs
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1952, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285675

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 35 x 27.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Roy DeCarava, 1982
  • inscription: signature and date inscribed on verso

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Roy DeCarava, sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1982.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Copyright
© DeCarava Estate
Object Number
P1982.87
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Recent Acquisitions: Photographs, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 09/16/1983 - 10/23/1983
  • Photography and Social Change in James Baldwin’s America, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, 09/13/2018 - 12/30/2018

Verification Level

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