Elizabeth Eckford

September 4, 1957

Pete Harris

Associated Names
Pete Harris

Artist, American, active 1950s

The image shows a young woman walking. She is in three-quarters view, from head to knees and is positioned slightly to the left side of the image. The woman has curly, short dark hair and is wearing a white blouse with short sleeves and a checkered skirt. She is holding a notebook or a book in one arm. Around her is a crowd of people, mostly women, walking and some appearing to be shouting. The people in the background are dressed in mid-20th century attire and are in a public outdoor setting with blurred buildings and trees.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19.4 × 14.8 cm (7 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.441

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in black ink; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in blue pencil: Little Rock (Arkansas); upper right stamped in black ink: ENT'D SEP 25 1997; by unknown hand, center in grease pencil: [illegible] / catcall; lower center stamped in purple ink: SEP 4 1957; bottom center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: AS REBUFFED girl strolls nonchalantly in front of guard- / ed school, catcalls from crowd follow her. (UP.)

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