Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Diahann Carroll, New York City

Artist/Donor Bob Lerner (American, 1926 - 2019)

Publisher Look Magazine

CultureAmerican

Date1962, printed 2002

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 3/4 × 12 7/8 in. (29.8 × 32.7 cm)
Overall: 14 1/2 × 19 1/16 in. (36.8 × 48.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 23 15/16 in. (50.8 × 60.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number2005.8.56

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an inkjet print

Label TextRobert Lerner American, b. 1926 Diahann Carroll, New York City, 1962 Inkjet print (photograph), printed 2005 While activists marched in the South against segregation, Diahann Carroll (b. 1935) was breaking color barriers in Hollywood and on Broadway. In 1962, the year this photograph appeared in LOOK magazine, she became the first black woman to win a Tony Award, honored for her performance in the musical No Strings. Other accolades followed, including an Emmy in 1968 for Julia, in which Carroll became the first black woman to play the lead in a mainstream television series. Off-screen she participated in Civil Rights protests, including the March on Washington in 1963. Gift of Bob Lerner 2005.8.56 Exhibition History"A Lens to the World: Photographs by Bob Lerner," Alice R. and Frank B. Sol Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, January 29 - August 17, 2003. "Remix: A Fresh Look At Our Modern And Contemporary Art Collections," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, November 2, 2011 - March 17, 2012. "Women and the Civil Rights Movement," Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 14 - October 30, 2016.Published ReferencesForeword by Brooks Johnson, _A Lens to the World: Photographs by Bob Lerner_, exh. cat, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., 2003. _Bob Lerner ArtBeat! #409_, prod. Richard Salzberg and Cynthia Pardy, 28:30 min., Norfolk, WHRO Public Television, 2003, videocassette.