Object number1987.53.81

Man Laughing in Front of General Store, Mississippi

Date1954

Artist Rosalie Thorne McKenna (American, 1918-2003)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (25.7 x 30.8 cm)
Matted: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, possibly by artist, center in pencil: Miss. 4[circled] #36; in ink: 1954; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.81

MarkingsOn printed label, on verso left center: © Rollie McKenna / 1 Hancox Street / Stonington, CT 06378 / (203) 535-0110/2126

ProvenanceGift of the artist
Exhibition History'Shooting Southern: Women Photographers Past and Present,' Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, April 30, 2010 - July 18, 2010
DescriptionBlack man in hat seen laughing as he walks with young girl in front of store while two Black men at the store corner smile and look on

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