Roy DeCarava
Man in a Window

Man in a Window

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Man in a Window
Man in a Window
ArtistAmerican, 1919–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Man in a Window
Date1978
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 × 8 3/4 in. (33 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.3 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of AT&T
Object number82.268
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAT&T, Piscataway, New Jersey; given to MFAH, 1982.
Exhibition History"Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–May 1, 1988.

"Darkness and Light," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston, January 23–March 28, 1993.

"American Photography: A History in Pictures," San Antonio Museum of Art, April 21–July 31, 1994.

"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22–May 9, 2004.

"Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 27–August 30, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, recto, bottom right below image: DECARAVA '78
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom left: REPRO / AT&T
Inscribed, verso, right edge center reading vertically: 78627#20A
Signed in pencil, recto, bottom right below image: DECARAVA '78

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