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Shirley Embracing Sam, Roy DeCarava, 1952
Roy DeCarava, portraitRoy DeCaravaAmerican, 1919–2009

Shirley Embracing Sam

1952 · Photograph

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The Museum of Modern Art

New York, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

Particulars

1952 · aged 33
19192009
Accession number
363.1998

In the catalog

PhotographsGelatin silver printPost-war art20th century

Sources

  • The Museum of Modern Art
  • Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder

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Palma, Roy DeCarava, 1947

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Close up, Roy DeCarava, 1949–50

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Graduation, Roy DeCarava, 1949

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Self-Portrait, Roy DeCarava, 1950

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Edna Smith, Bassist, Roy DeCarava, 1950

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Strikers, Roy DeCarava, c. 1951

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