Ernest C. Withers
First Desegregated Bus Ride. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy on first desegrated bus. Montgomery, Alabama.
Artist
Ernest C. Withers (American, 1922–2007)American, 1922–2007
CultureAmerican
Titles
- First Desegregated Bus Ride. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy on first desegrated bus. Montgomery, Alabama.
- from the portfolio: I Am A Man, Photographs by Ernest C. Withers, Panoptican Press, 1994
DateDecember 1956, printed 1994
Place depictedMontgomery, Alabama, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 7/8 × 17 15/16 in. (37.8 × 45.6 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 3/4 in. (40.3 × 50.2 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 number98.225.2
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"African-American Advisory Association (Five-A)" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 2 to April 7, 2003.
"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22, 2004 - May 9, 2004.
"Houston Collects: African American Art," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Upper Brown Pavilion, July 31-October 26, 2008.
"Statements: African American Art from the Museum's Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millennium Gallery, January 24–September 25, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, lower edge: "#9/35 I Am A Man Portfolio, Panopticon Press 1994 #62".
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, lower right.
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