Artist
Ernest C. Withers (American, 1922–2007)American, 1922–2007
CultureAmerican
Titles
- I Am A Man, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tennessee
- from the portfolio I Am A Man, Photographs by Ernest C. Withers, Panoptican Press, 1994
DateMarch 28, 1968, printed 1994
Place depictedMemphis, Tennessee, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 7/8 × 18 13/16 in. (27.7 × 47.8 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 3/4 in. (40.3 × 50.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 3/4 in. (40.3 × 50.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the African American Art Advisory Association
Object number98.225.1
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 14–December 30, 2001.
"African-American Advisory Association (Five-A)," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 2 –April 7, 2003.
"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22–May 9, 2004.
"The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 2, 2006–January 16, 2007.
"Houston Collects: African American Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 31–October 26, 2008.
"Statements: African American Art from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 24–September 25, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, lower edge: "#9/35 I Am A Man Portfolio, Panopticon Press, 1994 #65".
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, lower right.
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