Ku Klux Klan
Artist
Frank Paulin
(American, b.1926)
CultureAmerican
Date1960
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 9/16 × 13 5/8 in. (26.8 × 34.6 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated on verso in ink: F. Paulin 1960
Credit LineGift of Bruce Silverstein
Object number2009.11.3
Not on view
DescriptionA gelatin silver print of a gathering of the Ku Klx Klan. The center figure has a raised hand holding the chin area of his mask and is holding a staff. The figures around him are carrying other objects. There is a Klan flag in the background.ProvenanceThe artist; Bruce Silverstein (Bruce Silverstein Gallery), New York, NY; Gift of Bruce Silverstein to the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., 2009.Exhibition History"Frank Paulin: Out of the Limelight," Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY, 2008.
