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[Postmortem Unidentified Girl]
Date | 1950-92 |
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Location | Texas United States |
Dimensions | Image: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (24.1 x 19.4 cm) Paper: 10 x 8 1/8 in. (25.4 x 20.6 cm) |
Print medium | Photo-Gelatin silver |
From the exhibition The Last Look: The Funerary Photographs of Curtis Humphrey, organized by the Texas African American Photography Archive, Dallas, Texas, October 25, 1997-January 31, 1998.
“The Last Look” is an African American term for photographs of deceased loved ones, usually in an open casket in a church or funeral home. For more than 60 years, photographer Curtis Humphrey (1907-1996) provided “last looks” for the African American communities of East Texas.
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Gift of Documentary Arts Inc., 2014
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Accession No. DA.2A8B.4