Stephen Shames
Black Panther children in a classroom at the Intercommunal Youth Institute, the Black Panther school, Oakland, California

Black Panther children in a classroom at the Intercommunal Youth Institute, the Black Panther school, Oakland, California

© Stephen Shames

Black Panther children in a classroom at the Intercommunal Youth Institute, the Black Panther school, Oakland, California
Black Panther children in a classroom at the Intercommunal Youth Institute, the Black Panther school, Oakland, California
ArtistAmerican, born 1947
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Black Panther children in a classroom at the Intercommunal Youth Institute, the Black Panther school, Oakland, California
Date1971, printed 2006
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 13/16 × 18 13/16 in. (32.5 × 47.8 cm)
 Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern, Patricia J. Eifel and James Belli, and Nena Marsh
Object number2022.471
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Steven Kasher Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[Verso: Signed and numbered by photographer]
Signed, verso.

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