Peter Sekaer

Pearlstine Alley, Charleston, South Carolina
c. 1936, printed c. 1939

A black and white photograph depicting a group of African American children playing in a dirt yard in front of wooden houses. Some children are standing and looking around, while others are sitting on the ground. An adult woman is visible in the background, standing on a porch, and another is working near a pile of buckets. The scene suggests a communal living area, possibly from an earlier time period, with a rustic and informal setting.
A black and white photograph depicting a group of African American children playing in a dirt yard in front of wooden houses. Some children are standing and looking around, while others are sitting on the ground. An adult woman is visible in the background, standing on a porch, and another is working near a pile of buckets. The scene suggests a communal living area, possibly from an earlier time period, with a rustic and informal setting.

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Date
c. 1936, printed c. 1939

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16in. (20.6 × 25.2 cm) Image: 7 × 9 3/8in. (17.8 × 23.8 cm)

Accession number
2012.50

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Peter Sekaer Estate

API
artworks/39360

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