Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Four Men

Artist Roy DeCarava (American, 1919-2009)

CultureAmerican

Date1956, printed 1991

MediumPhotogravure

DimensionsOverall, Support: 22 x 17 3/4 in. (55.9 x 45.1 cm)
Overall, Image: 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (21.6 x 27.3 cm)

InscribedEach signed, dated and numbered in pencil in the margin

Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank

Object number2002.15.11

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a photogravure of four African-American men: they stand one behind another in a layered effect. In the foreground a man wearing a goatee, checked blazer, and grey-colored shirt. Over his left shoulder, a man in a white shirt with stripes and glasses looks in the opposite direction. Two more mens' faces are visible in the background. The top of a man's head in the lower left corner.

ProvenanceRoy DeCarava, 1991; Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, Ny.; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, 2002. Exhibition History"Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Ny., Jan. 25 - May 7, 1996; The Art Institute of Chicago, Il., June 8 - Sept. 15, 1996; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ca., Nov. 14, 1996 - Jan. 26, 1997; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Ma., Feb. 23 - May 4, 1997; The Saint Louis Art Museum, Mo., June 15 - Aug. 9, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tx., Sept. 7 - Nov. 16, 1997; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Ca., Jan. 22 - April 5, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga., June 27 - Sept. 19, 1998; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 1998 - Jan. 4, 1999. *This image circulated, not this object. "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published ReferencesRoy DeCarava, with intro. by Sherry Turner, _Roy DeCarava: Twelve Photogravures_ (Renaissance Press, 1991), 1-12. Peter Galassi, with an essay by Sherry Turner DeCarava, _Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective_, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Ny., 1996, 179. *Printed with title "Five Men."