Adger Cowans

Jackson Mississippi

1963

A person stands behind a translucent American flag while wearing an NAACP shirt.
A person stands behind a translucent American flag while wearing an NAACP shirt.

Adger Cowans, Jackson Mississippi, 1963. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 14 1/8 × 11 in. (35.9 × 27.9 cm) Image: 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Jack E. Chachkes Endowed Purchase Fund 2020.65. © Adger Cowans

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Date
1963

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 11 in. (35.9 × 27.9 cm) Image: 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm)

Accession number
2020.65

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Jack E. Chachkes Endowed Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Adger Cowans

API
artworks/63142





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