Frederick C. Baldwin
"Big Lester" Captivates

"Big Lester" Captivates

© Frederick Baldwin

"Big Lester" Captivates
"Big Lester" Captivates
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Big Lester" Captivates
  • from the series Civil Rights
Date1963–1964, printed 1990
PlaceSavannah, Georgia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/16 × 13 3/8 in. (23.6 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marion and Joe Mundy
Object number91.9
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX, for "Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement," Jan. 3 - Feb. 20, 1994 (LN:94.19)
Exhibited "Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 12, 1991 thru July 7, 1991
Exhibited "Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement" Baltimore Museum of Art August 6 - September 29, 1991

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso left center reading vertically " 18#3 1/2 / E11
bottom right corner " 12a "

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