Object Details
- Artist
- Alfredo Jaar, born Santiago, Chile 1956
- Gallery Label
- When Chilean-born artist Alfredo Jaar moved to New York in 1982, he was troubled to discover that racial tensions still ran high long after the civil rights movement had passed its zenith. In Life Magazine, April 19, 1968, he manipulated the iconic photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral procession to highlight the disparity between the number of black and white mourners. Jaar's decision to present the work as a triptych, a traditional format for Christian altarpieces, helps identify King as a martyr.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Copyright
- © Alfredo Jaar, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York
- 1995
- Object number
- 2013.39A-C
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Photography-Photoprint
- Medium
- three chromogenic prints
- Dimensions
- overall: 61 x 120 in. (154.9 x 304.8 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Record ID
- saam_2013.39A-C
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77bbc749e-c7fb-4988-9603-9d731775989c
