Peter Moore

March for Freedom of Expression, New York, Protesters in a Line
1964

A black and white photograph capturing a moment from a protest or public gathering. A man with a beard is holding a sign that reads "Art is the voice of man's conscience Repress it and you repress..." with the rest of the text obscured. He is looking to the side, seemingly engaged in conversation with another person. In the background, a crowd of people, some looking towards the camera, are standing in what appears to be a city street at night, illuminated by the lights of nearby buildings and signs.

A black and white photograph capturing a moment from a protest or public gathering. A man with a beard is holding a sign that reads "Art is the voice of man's conscience Repress it and you repress..." with the rest of the text obscured. He is looking to the side, seemingly engaged in conversation with another person. In the background, a crowd of people, some looking towards the camera, are standing in what appears to be a city street at night, illuminated by the lights of nearby buildings and signs.

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Date
1964

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm) Image (sight): 5 15/16 × 8 7/8in. (15.1 × 22.5 cm)

Accession number
2018.53

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director’s Discretionary Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Barbara Moore / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/57235

Exhibitions

An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017

Aug 18, 2017–Aug 27, 2018

Peter Moore
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