Handcuffed blacks were arrested for being in white area illegally

1960—1966

Ernest Cole

Associated Names
Ernest Cole

Artist, South African, 1940 - 1990

This is a photograph of two hands constrained by handcuffs. The image is in black and white. The hands are positioned closely together and secured by a pair of metal handcuffs. The background is softly out of focus. Light falls across the scene, highlighting the contours and surface of the skin and metal.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Suomen Kuvapalvelu Oy, Finland [?]. Darryl Cowherd, Washington, DC; NGA purchase, 2022.

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Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite perpendicular: 1; center left artist stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, center in graphite perpendicular: 66-3-1/3 / x; lower left Suomen Kuvapalvelu Oy stamp in green ink; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite perpendicular: 5A


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