Michael Mergen
U.S. Congress Approves Voting Rights Act of 1965

U.S. Congress Approves Voting Rights Act of 1965

© Michael Mergen

U.S. Congress Approves Voting Rights Act of 1965
U.S. Congress Approves Voting Rights Act of 1965
ArtistAmerican, born 1978
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • U.S. Congress Approves Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • from the series After Selma-to-Montgomery
Date2015
MediumInkjet print with applied crayon
DimensionsImage (Irregular): 27 1/4 × 40 3/16 in. (69.2 × 102 cm)
 Sheet: 31 7/8 × 44 1/8 in. (81 × 112 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in memory of Charity Lewis
Object number2018.184
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Farmville, Virginia; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History“Click IV Invitational Photography Exhibit”, Glavekocen Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, February 2–24, 2018.

“Marked Landscapes: Civil War to Civil Rights,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 27–February 24, 2018.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom edge: U.S. Congress Approves Voting Rights Act of 1965 2/2 Michael Mergen, 2015
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom right edge: Michael Mergen, 2015

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