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Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [Looking Pensive]
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [Looking Pensive]

Artist Walter Fischer
CultureAustrian
DateMay 26, 1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 1/8 × 8 in. (25.7 × 20.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 1/16 in. (40.8 × 51 cm)
InscribedWritten on back in pencil: 04
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Mansheim and in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2002.11.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print of Martin Luther King, Jr. looking pensive.

ProvenanceGalerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Mansheim and in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, 2002. Published ReferencesThis is part of a larger photo story that accompanied an interview by the journalist Marika Aba, and was intended for European publications. Check registration file for transcript.