[Boy sleeping on hospital floor]
- Title:
- [Boy sleeping on hospital floor]
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Inequality and legacies of discrimination
- Creator:
- Cole, Ernest
- Creation Date:
- 1958-1966
- ID Number:
- 2019.041.001
- File Name:
- 2019.041.001.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Apartheid
Apartheid--South Africa - Measurement:
- 25.4 × 20.5 (Sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Looking down from waist height at a young Black boy in shorts and a t-shirt sleeping on a hard floor. The boy is curled on his side, his head resting on his arm at the join where the floor and wall meet, the camera is near his feet. He has no pillow or blanket or companion. On the right side of the frame is a wheeled cart, out of focus. On the left side is empty floor and the wall, both hard and worn.
- Cite As:
- Ernest Cole (South African, 1940-1990), [Boy sleeping on hospital floor], between 1958 and 1966. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 25.4 × 20.5 cm. Acquired through the Stephanie L. Wiles Endowment, 2019.041.001.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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