Ernest C. Withers
Tent City Family. This family was evicted from their home for voting. Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee.
Artist
Ernest C. Withers (American, 1922–2007)American, 1922–2007
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Tent City Family. This family was evicted from their home for voting. Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee.
- from the portfolio: I AM A Man, Photographs by Ernest C. Withers, Panoptican Press, 1994
Date1960, printed 1994
Place depictedSomerville, Tennessee, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 × 14 7/8 in. (36.8 × 37.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.3 × 40.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.3 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the African American Art Advisory Association
Object number98.225.4
Not on view
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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 #24".
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, lower right.
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