“Simple” Was a Character That Poet Langston Hughes Used in His Newspaper Column. Upon Seeing the Man in This Photograph, Hughes Said, “That’s Him”, Chicago, Illinois, 1947, printed later

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portfolio Title

The Way of Life of the Northern Negro

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 25.9 × 25.2 cm (10 3/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Wayne F. Miller Family

Accession Number

2021.89.17

Artists / Makers

Wayne Miller (artist) American, 1918 - 2013

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Copyright

Inscription

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Wayne F. Miller; by artist, bottom center in graphite: 427-10; center right stamped in black ink: © Wayne F. Miller / Magnum Photos Inc.

Provenance

Estate of Wayne Miller, Orinda, CA; Jeanette Miller, Lafayette, CA; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Miller, Jeanette