Harvey Lloyd
[Dancing the Twist]

[Dancing the Twist]
[Dancing the Twist]
[Dancing the Twist]
ArtistAmerican, born 1926
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Dancing the Twist]
Date1960s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 13/16 × 5 3/4 in. (30 × 14.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 5 3/4 in. (30 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Judy Nyquist
Object number2018.514
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionTo the dismay of an earlier generation, rock and roll music became fully entrenched in the culture of the Baby Boomers. Perhaps even more distressing and mystifying was the hip-twisting dances that accompanied this newly charged music. In this photograph, Harvey Lloyd captured a young African American woman, likely in Harlem, indulging in this new form of entertainment.
ProvenanceThe artist; PIX, Inc., New York; Westport Public Library, Westport, Connecticut; [Winter Works on Paper, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[pencil and ink inscriptions and two stamps on verso]

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