Ernest C. Withers
Martin Luther King Funeral Procession. Funeral procession for Dr. Martin Luther King on Auburn Ave. after leaving King's church. Atlanta, Georgia.

Martin Luther King Funeral Procession. Funeral procession for Dr. Martin Luther King on Auburn Ave. after leaving King's church. Atlanta, Georgia.

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Martin Luther King Funeral Procession. Funeral procession for Dr. Martin Luther King on Auburn Ave. after leaving King's church. Atlanta, Georgia.
Martin Luther King Funeral Procession. Funeral procession for Dr. Martin Luther King on Auburn Ave. after leaving King's church. Atlanta, Georgia.
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Martin Luther King Funeral Procession. Funeral procession for Dr. Martin Luther King on Auburn Ave. after leaving King's church. Atlanta, Georgia.
  • from the portfolio: I Am A Man, Photographs by Ernest C. Withers, Panoptican Press, 1994
DateApril 12, 1968, printed 1994
Place depictedAtlanta, Georgia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. (37.5 × 37.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the African American Art Advisory Association
Object number98.225.8
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Panopticon Gallery, Rockland, Massachusetts]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "African-American Advisory Association (Five-A)" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 2 to April 7, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, lower edge: "#9/35 I Am A Man Portfolio, Panopticon Press, 1994 106".
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, upper right.

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