[Woman Holding Hat with Painted Backdrop]

[Woman Holding Hat with Painted Backdrop]

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[Woman Holding Hat with Painted Backdrop]
CultureUnknown
Titles
  • [Woman Holding Hat with Painted Backdrop]
Date1940s–1950s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsMount: 5 × 3 1/2 in. (12.7 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2020.137.20.41
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
DescriptionTwentieth-century studio portraits were particularly important for African Americans: Their creation coincided with the mass circulation of derogatory depictions of African Americans in music, theater, and art. In contrast, photographic self-representation offered the opportunity to establish new social and political identities. Wearing their finest clothing or creative costumes in front of sets evoking centuries-old portraiture traditions, the figures in these photographs are representative of a larger cultural assertion of modern life through the medium of photography.
ProvenanceBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

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