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File name: cowans-footsteps.jpg
Adger Cowans
Footsteps, Harlem, 1961
gelatin silver print
image: 21.3 x 34.1 cm (8 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
sheet: 27.7 x 35.7 cm (10 7/8 x 14 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2022.21.7

File name: cowans-gods-lighthouse.jpg
Adger Cowans
God's Lighthouse, 1973
gelatin silver print
image/sheet: 21.8 x 30.9 cm (8 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
mount: 43.2 x 35.5 cm (17 x 14 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2022.21.5

File name: cowans-subway-reflection.jpg
Adger Cowans
Subway Reflection, 1961
gelatin silver print
image/sheet: 23.8 x 32 cm (9 3/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
mount: 50.6 x 40.5 cm (19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2022.21.6

File name: higgins-early-morning-coffee.jpg
Chester Higgins Jr.
Early Morning Coffee, Harlem, 1974
gelatin silver print
image: 15.9 x 23.8 cm (6 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.)
sheet: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2022.21.4

File name: higgins-father-prays.jpg
Chester Higgins Jr.
Father Prays over Son on Osu Beach, Accra, Ghana, 1973
gelatin silver print
image: 22.8 x 34 cm (9 x 13 3/8 in.)
sheet: 27.8 x 35.5 cm (10 15/16 x 14 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2022.21.3

File name: higgins-pool-hall.jpg
Chester Higgins Jr.
Pool Hall, Macon County, Alabama, 1968
gelatin silver print
image: 24.1 x 16.4 cm (9 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
sheet: 25.2 x 20.4 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2022.21.2

File name: howard.jpg
Herman Howard
Sweet as a Peach, Harlem, New York City, 1963
gelatin silver print
image/sheet/mount: 16 x 23.1 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2022.21.1

File name: robinson.jpg
Herb Robinson
Brother and Sister, Jamaica, 1973
gelatin silver print
image: 17.1 x 22.9 cm (6 3/4 x 9 in.)
sheet: 27.8 x 35.5 cm (10 15/16 x 14 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2022.21.8

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Acquisition: Eight Works by Four African American Photographers

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