Calvin

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

A brown-and-white photograph portrait of a man using the Vandyke brown printing process. The man looks into the camera, holding his right hand at his neck, while a crucifix worn on a necklace rests on his hand. Outside the upper and lower borders of the printed image are brush strokes of the paper coating solution, from priming the paper prior to initiating the printing process. The work is signed [AP] at the recto lower left corner. Recto at bottom right in pencil is [Rashid Johnson]. The photograph is matted and framed.

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