Firemen Trying to Dislodge Demonstrators, Birmingham, Alabama, May 3, 1963
Artist
Charles Moore
(American, 1931-2010)
CultureAmerican
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (16.2 × 24.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 12 9/16 × 14 1/4 in. (31.9 × 36.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 12 9/16 × 14 1/4 in. (31.9 × 36.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedTitle and date with photographer's credit stamp, Black Star stamp and various notations on print verso, 0010378
Credit LinePurchase, Gift of Renée and Paul Mansheim and in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and the Art Purchase Fund
Object number97.28
Not on view
DescriptionFiremen trying to break up demonstrators with a fire hose along a sidewalk.Label TextCharles Moore American, 1931–2010 Firemen Trying to Dislodge Demonstrators, Birmingham, Alabama, May 3, 1963, 1963 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Museum purchase, gift of Renée and Paul Mansheim and in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and the Art Purchase Fund 97.28 Exhibition HistoryThe Chrysler Museum of Art, "Appeal of this Age: Photography of the Civil Rishts Movement" 12/21/96-3/2/97. "Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, from the Museum Collection", THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, NORFOLK, VA, February 6 - May 31, 1998. "Civil Rights Photography," Newseum, Arlington, Virginia, January 8 - April 30, 2001. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014. "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published ReferencesSteven Kasher, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, 1954-68, (New York: Abeville Press Publishers, 1996).106-107
