Dr. King's children view his body lying in state, Sister's Chapel, Spellman College, Atlanta

April 1968, printed 1989

Benedict J. Fernandez

Artist, American, 1936 - 2021

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Eastman Kodak Company and Michael S. Engl)
Dimensions

image: 31 × 20.75 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
sheet: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)
Accession

2016.22.105

Provenance

Benedict J. Fernandez, North Bergen, NJ; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1992; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

Countdown to Eternity, Photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s by Ben Fernandez, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, January 14–February 20, 1995

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right below image in gray ink: Benedict J Fernandez; bottom left below image: 15/50

Wikidata ID

Q64145131