Artist
Roy DeCarava American, 1919–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Dancers, New York
- from the portfolio Roy DeCarava: Twelve Photogravures
Date1956, printed 1991
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 10 7/8 × 7 1/16 in. (27.7 × 17.9 cm)
Sheet: 21 15/16 × 18 1/8 in. (55.8 × 46 cm)
Sheet: 21 15/16 × 18 1/8 in. (55.8 × 46 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern in honor of Ray Carrington and the students at Yates High School
Object number2003.887.10
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"On the Downbeat: Jazz in Books and Photographs," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 27, 2008–January 25, 2009.
"Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 27–August 30, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: ROY DeCARAVA 1956 19/50
[no verso inscriptions]
[no verso inscriptions]
Signed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: ROY DeCARAVA 1956
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