Southwest Georgia, 1963. SNCC Field Secretary Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle Visit a Supporter in the Countryside
Artist
Danny Lyon
(American, b. 1942)
Artist/Vendor
Danny Lyon
(American, b. 1942)
CultureAmerican
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Overall, Image: 9 × 13 1/4 in. (22.9 × 33.7 cm)
Overall, Image: 9 × 13 1/4 in. (22.9 × 33.7 cm)
InscribedDate, print number, and a credit to Chuck Kelton (who made the print) appears on the verso of the print.
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2000.14.21
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. This shows a front porch, supported by two wood poles. A woman sits in a chair, a man and a woman stand behind the seated woman. Charles Sherrod stands across from the seated woman and another man, presumably Randy Battle, sitting between the two poles leans his right arm on a wooden chair.Label TextDanny Lyon American, b. 1942 Southwest Georgia, 1963. SNCC Field Secretary Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle Visit a Supporter in the Countryside, 1963 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1999 Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2000.14.21 ProvenanceThe artist; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, 2000. Exhibition History"Women and the Civil Rights Movement," Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 14 - October 30, 2016.Published ReferencesDanny Lyon, _Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement: Lyndhurst Series on the South_ (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992), 114-115.