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Rodney King Riots, South Central LA
Image Not Available for Rodney King Riots, South Central LA

Rodney King Riots, South Central LA

Artist Peter Turnley (American, born 1955)
CultureAmerican
Date1992
MediumArchival pigment print
Dimensions20 x 24 inches
Credit LineGift of Peter Veritas
Object number2020.36.11
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a color photograph that depicts an adult from behind with her arms raised in the air as a fire burns from a building down the street and the sky fills with smoke. It is an archival pigment print that measures 20 x 24 inches. It is signed on recto in ink and signed and dated on verso in pencil.

ProvenanceIn September 2020, Seth Feman, deputy director for art and interpretation and curator of photography, received a message from Matt Coote of Summit Art Advisory, LLC, about the possibility of receiving a donation of photographs. Coote shared a link to preview several options, which Feman reviewed with Director Erik Neil. Twenty-four works were selected, including these.