Jewish Reenactors, Battle Of Cedar Creek, Virginia (1864)
Artist
Frédéric Brenner
(French, b. 1959)
Copyright Holder
Frédéric Brenner
(French, b. 1959)
CultureFrench
Date1994
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 1/2 × 22 1/4 in. (19.1 × 56.5 cm)
Overall, Paper: 19 7/8 × 23 7/8 in. (50.5 × 60.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 23 1/8 × 20 in. (58.7 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 19 7/8 × 23 7/8 in. (50.5 × 60.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 23 1/8 × 20 in. (58.7 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank and gift of Natalie Mandel Aron
Object number98.31
Not on view
DescriptionThis gelatin silver print depicts a reenactor having his photograph made while other reenactors look on; the background is a panoramic view of an encampment. At the right edge there is a hand holding a gun from which emerges the United States flag. The soldiers/reenactors depicted are Jewish members of a regiment.Label TextFrédéric Brenner French (b. 1959) Jewish Reenactors, Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia (1864), 1994 Gelatin silver print Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank and gift of Natalie Mandel Aron 98.31 Exhibition History"Sacred Sites, Then and Now: The American Civil War," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 1 - August 30, 1999. "History of Photography," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 12 - July 31, 1999. "The Civil War: Visual Perspectives, Then and Now," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 6 - July 24, 2011. "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published ReferencesFréderic Brenner, JEWS IN AMERICA: A REPRESENTATION (NY: Abrams, 1996), ill. p. 48.
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