- Created by
- Kleina, Bernard, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- ca. 2004; printed 2012
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 6 x 8 3/4 in. (15.2 x 22.2 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Description
- A color photograph composite of a young man's face looking into the camera. It is a composite of multiple photos; behind the boy's face is a city street scene with shadowy figures on the pavement. Layered over the boy's face are the words "HISTORICAL AMNESIA” repeated seven times.
- Place depicted
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Chicago Freedom Movement
- Type
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina and Susan Keleher Kleina
- Object number
- 2013.140.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Bernard J. Kleina
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.