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Chester Higgins

Student Leaders, Tuskegee University, Alabama

Maker

Chester Higgins (American, b. 1946)

Title

Student Leaders, Tuskegee University, Alabama

Year

1968

Medium

  • gelatin silver print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On verso: "Tuskegee / College Students / Leaders / 1968" inscribed in graphite and black ink LL; label with "r149" inscribed in black ink adhered CL; symbol of an Ancient Egyptian eye in profile above the text "CHESTER HIGGINS JR. / COPYRIGHTED PHOTOHRAPH / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" rubberstamped in black ink UC; copyright symbol next to text "COPYRIGHTED PHOTOGRAPH / By CHESTER HIGGINS, JR. / CANNOT BE PUBLISHED IN / ANY FORM WITHOUT PERMISSION" rubberstamped in black ink C; "KP3ON [or 3014]" inscribed in graphite UCR; label with text "Rapho/Photo Researchers, Inc / New York, NY 10022 USA / 9R1168" printed in black ink and adhered upside down on copyright symbol next to text "CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / CHESTER HIGGINS, JR. / RAPHO GUILLUMETTE / [onscured sreet address] 10022" rubberstamped in black ink; signed "Chester Higgins" in graphite LCR; "CHI-00162-SP" BC.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilman Angier, Joseph A. Chazan, MD, Jed Fielding and Collectors' Acquisition Fund, by exchange

Object Number

2021.64

Type

  • Photographs

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Chester Higgins (American, b. 1946)
Student Leaders, Tuskegee University, Alabama, 1968
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 inches)
Museum purchase: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilman Angier, Joseph A. Chazan, MD, Jed Fielding and Collectors' Acquisition Fund, by exchange 2021.64

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