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Roy DeCarava

1974

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Black and white photograph of Roy DeCarava seated on a stool with his elbows resting his thighs. His knees are raised slightly higher than his waist. He leans forward with his hands resting, clasped, between his legs. He wears a white turtleneck shirt and black pants. He is captured in three-quarter view with his PR side closer to the viewer. Decarava looks at the camera with his eyebrows raised. The image is on a white background. Below the lower left corner of the image is black text with the title and date [Roy De Carava (sic) 74]. Below the lower right corner of the image is the artist's signature [A. Barboza].

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Catalog reference: 2014.157.5

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