Nigeria (Child Being Washed, Other Children and Adults Watching)
Artist
Ken Heyman
(American, born 1930)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1959
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 5/8 × 13 13/16 in. (27 × 35.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Inscribed(KH-173) All of the photographs are signed, dated and titled in graphite, artist credit stamp on verso.;
Credit LineGift of Dr. Donald and Alice Lappe
Object number2005.29.10
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print of children washing each other in Nigeria with adults watching them. One child in the foregroud pours water on the head of another little child in the street, adults and other child watch themProvenanceDr. Donald and Alice Lappe, Salt Lake City, UT[through photography collector Michael Mattis]; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift of Dr. Donald and Alice Lappe, 2005
Elisabeth Hase
