Created by
DeCarava, Roy, American, 1919 - 2009
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Child or Children
Date
1973; printed 1982
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
H x W (sheet): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Description
A black and white gelatin silver photograph titled “Night Feeding” by Roy DeCarava. The photograph captures a woman, with her face illuminated, looking down at an infant in her arms who she is breastfeeding. The photograph is signed by the artist in the front, lower right corner: [© 1982 Roy DeCarava].
Place captured
Brooklyn, New York City, Brooklyn County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Families
Motherhood
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
Object number
2023.39.10
Restrictions & Rights
© Estate of Roy DeCarava
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd573ab7c27-65c4-4bf0-b584-1680fdb39aef

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