Kwame Brathwaite

Untitled (Photo shoot at a school for one of the many modeling groups who had begun to embrace natural hairstyles in the 1960s)
c.1966, printed 2018

A black and white photograph depicting seven girls of varying ages standing on concrete pedestals in a rooftop setting, with a chain-link fence and industrial buildings in the background. The girls are dressed in a variety of outfits, including dresses and skirts, and most are looking directly at the camera with neutral expressions.
A black and white photograph depicting seven girls of varying ages standing on concrete pedestals in a rooftop setting, with a chain-link fence and industrial buildings in the background. The girls are dressed in a variety of outfits, including dresses and skirts, and most are looking directly at the camera with neutral expressions.

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Date
c.1966, printed 2018

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Inkjet print

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 29 5/8 × 29 5/8in. (75.2 × 75.2 cm) Image (sight): 29 5/8 × 29 5/8in. (75.2 × 75.2 cm)

Accession number
2018.136

Edition
1/5 | 2 APs

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Brian Silver

Rights and reproductions
© Kwame Brathwaite

API
artworks/58422

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