Accra Shepp
Tuesday June 23, 2020, Protester, Defund the Police Rally, City Hall

Tuesday June 23, 2020, Protester, Defund the Police Rally, City Hall

© 2020 Accra Shepp

Tuesday June 23, 2020, Protester, Defund the Police Rally, City Hall
Tuesday June 23, 2020, Protester, Defund the Police Rally, City Hall
ArtistAmerican, born 1962
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tuesday June 23, 2020, Protester, Defund the Police Rally, City Hall
DateJune 23, 2020
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 15/16 × 14 7/8 in. (38 × 37.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 13/16 in. (40.6 × 50.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carl Niendorff
Object number2020.470
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

The year 2020 will be remembered both for the quarantine that kept people at home and the protests for justice and equality that brought people to the streets in cities across the United States and around the world. Accra Shepp’s photograph addresses both of these historic events through the lens of a single citizen. Rather than depicting the crowds, this dynamic portrait captures a single masked man, pausing amid the protests.


ProvenanceThe artist, East Elmhurst, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top left: I [within square border] WT [?] 50 M/y16 f11 26s sides +4 // A60 c. 1’ // AO c. 3’
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: The Covid Journals: Justice // Defund the police rally // City Hall Manhattan // June 23, 2020
Signed in pencil, lower right: Accra Shepp 2020 1/10
Signed in pencil, lower right: Accra Shepp

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