Birmingham Race Riot, from the portfolio Ten Works x Ten Painters
- Title:
- Birmingham Race Riot, from the portfolio Ten Works x Ten Painters
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Inequality and legacies of discrimination
- Creator:
- Warhol, Andy
- Creation Date:
- 1964
- ID Number:
- 64
- File Name:
- 64.0967.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- screen prints
- Subject:
- Race Riots
Birmingham (Ala.)
Police brutality - Measurement:
- 50.8 × 61 (Image/sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- High contrat image of an array of men: on the left are white uniformed police; on the right and into the background are Black civilians; and in the center is a Black man facing away from the camera, mid-step, turning his body with his arms bent out from his sides being attacked by dogs. One dog, a nearly indistinct black mass, has its teeth in the seat of the man's pants and the other is jumping toward his arm, teeth bared awfully. The contrast is so high that no expressions are visible in the onlookers, and the greatest detail is in the ripples of the man's shirt as he twists away from the dogs. The police officer in the foreground holds a leash in one hand and a billy club in the other.
- Cite As:
- Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), Birmingham Race Riot, 1964. Screenprint, image/sheet: 50.8 × 61 cm. Acquired through the Museum Associates Purchase Fund, 64.0967.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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