Harlem Peace March, New York City
Artist
Builder Levy
(American, b. 1942)
CultureAmerican
Date1967, printed 2014
MediumPlatinum print on rag paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 1/2 × 14 in. (24.1 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 18 × 22 in. (45.7 × 55.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 18 × 22 in. (45.7 × 55.9 cm)
InscribedOn reverse, in graphite:
“Builder Levy
Original silver Neg / platinum Negs
1967 / 2008
2014 platinum print #5 / 2014
Harlem / African American contingent – Peace March from Harlem /
citywide March to End the War in Vietnam
New York City, 4/27/1967"
PortfolioPrint #5, printed 2014
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2014.10.1
On View
Not on viewLabel TextBuilder Levy American, born 1942 far left Harlem Peace March, New York City, 1967 Platinum print (photograph) on rag paper, printed 2014 Annell Ponder, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Funeral, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968 Platinum print (photograph) on rag paper, printed 2014 In these photographs, Builder Levy depicts the raw emotions of the people taking an active part in anti-war and civil rights demonstrations in the late 1960s. While many photojournalists focused on street protests and marches, Levy chose to portray individual participants, highlighting their deeply personal and often poignant emotional involvement in these public events. Levy’s photographs remind us of the complex feelings and individual experiences that motivate social or political change. Gift of the artist 2014.10.1–.2ProvenanceGift of the artist to Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 2014.Exhibition History"5 Years of Photography: Building the Chrysler Collection," Photography & Focus Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 26 - November 10, 2019.Published ReferencesLevy, Builder. _Builder Levy: Photographer_ (New York: A.R.T. Press, 2005) 132, 151.
