Dawoud Bey
Syracuse, NY

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© Dawoud Bey

Syracuse, NY
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ArtistAmerican, born 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Syracuse, NY
Date1985
Place depictedSyracuse, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/16 × 18 1/8 in. (30.6 × 46 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (40.3 × 50.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of John S. Parsley and Nancy Nolan Parsley in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker on the occasion of her retirement
Object number2017.144
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionEarly in his career, Dawoud Bey developed a distinctive style of “street portraits” that are both collaborative and documentary. Focusing on communities—whether geographic in nature, like his Harlem U.S.A., or social, like his Class Pictures featuring teenagers—portraits like this, from a group of ten offered by the Parsleys in Anne Tucker’s honor, are sensitive reflections on social circumstances.
ProvenanceThe artist; [Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago]; purchased by John S. Parsley and Nancy Nolan Parsley, Houston, June 2013; given to MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left in pencil: Syracuse, NY 1985
bottom right: 663.271.3.13
verso lower right in pencil: Dawoud Bey 2013

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