Blind Man Making Baskets

Object Details

Local Note: Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 10-82; Contact Sheet Numbers:332089-C8

See more items in: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection; Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Ezenzilini School for the Blind, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sponsor: The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Extent: 1 Negatives (photographic) ((silver gelatin)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.); 1 Photographic print ((contact print)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.); 1 Photographic print ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)

Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Collection Citation: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Scope and Contents: Blind Man Making Baskets, 1948. Photographic image of a blind man making an unfinished basket in his lap. Beside him are several baskets of different sizes stacked on top of each other. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1948.; Constance Stuart took these series of photographs in a clinic and educational institution for blind Africans called Ezenzelini on the outskirts of Johannesburg. It was founded by Reverend and Mrs. Blaxall. The blind lived and worked at the institution getting medical treatment and learning crafts.; There are no prints of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. EEPA produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.

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