Ernest C. Withers
Little Rock Nine. The "Little Rock Nine's" first day of school. Little Rock, Arkansas.

Little Rock Nine. The "Little Rock Nine's" first day of school. Little Rock, Arkansas.

© Withers Family Trust

Little Rock Nine. The "Little Rock Nine's" first day of school. Little Rock, Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine. The "Little Rock Nine's" first day of school. Little Rock, Arkansas.
ArtistAmerican, 1922–2007
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Little Rock Nine. The "Little Rock Nine's" first day of school. Little Rock, Arkansas.
  • from the portfolio: I AM A Man, Photographs by Ernest C. Withers, Panoptican Press, 1994
Date1957, printed 1994
Place depictedLittle Rock, Arkansas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 7/8 × 18 1/8 in. (37.8 × 46 cm)
 Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 3/4 in. (40.3 × 50.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the African American Art Advisory Association
Object number98.225.5
Not on view

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Department
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Object Type
Provenance[Panopticon Gallery, Rockland, Massachusetts]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "African-American Advisory Association (Five-A)" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 2 to April 7, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, lower edge: "#9/35 I Am A Man Portfolio, Panopticon Press, 1994 #5".
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, lower right.

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