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[Young Man Dressed in Cowboy Costume]

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[Young Man Dressed in Cowboy Costume]

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 Fund

Object number2020.137.20.42

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Photography

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Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection

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PHOTOGRAPHS

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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