A dark, low contrast black-and-white photograph capturing two nearly imperceptible dark-skinned men gazing at the viewer with inscrutable expressions. One is wearing glasses and partially obscured behind the other.

Roy DeCarava

Five Men, 1964,

Maker

Roy DeCarava

Title

Five Men, 1964

Medium

silver print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

gelatin silver print

Techniques

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

26.7 x 33.3 cm (10 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed on photo in black felt pen LL:DECARAVA and copyrighted in pencil below image LR

Type

Photographs

Credit

Jesse H. Metcalf Fund

Object Number

84.222.1

Five Men, 1964

Signed on photo in black felt pen LL:DECARAVA and copyrighted in pencil below image LR

Exhibition History

African-American Art from the Permanent Collection

November 18, 1994 - February 19, 1995

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