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A black and white photograph of a Black woman with four Black children.

The photograph shows a Black woman, seated, holding an infant in her left arm. To her left is a young boy wearing a medium dark shirt, there is a smaller boy in shorts with a white shirt standing in front to the left and in the center is a young girl in a print dress with a white bow in her hair. She is holding up her left hand to her mouth.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
4.2002.6959
People
Harry Annas, American (1897 - 1980)
Title
Untitled (studio portrait of African American woman with four children)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: American Professional Photographers Collection
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1945
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/135309

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.6 x 11.7 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, American Professional Photographers Collection
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
4.2002.6959
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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