Man Crying

1968

Beuford Smith

Associated Names
Beuford Smith

Artist, American, 1936 - 2025

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Pilara Family Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.29 × 26.67 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.104.32

  • Series Title

    From the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Steven Kasher Gallery, New York); Andrew Pilara, Pilara Family Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 2005; gift to NGA, 2025.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: Beuford Smith; center in black ink: Man Crying 1968 NYC / From the Assassination / of Martin Luther King Jr. / Essay; artist stamp, center in black ink: © BEUFORD SMITH/CESAIRE / 718-624-7670; artist stamp, lower center in black ink: BEUFORD SMITH / CESAIRE PHOTO AGENCY / 141 CLINTON AVE. / BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11205; by unknown hand, along bottom in graphite: PFI8547 SMB-13172

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