Backstage, WPA Theater Project, Haiti: The Story of Pierre-Dominique Toussaint l’Ouverture, Lafayette Theater, Harlem, from the Photo League Feature Group project Harlem Document

Media - 1990.73.8 - SAAM-1990.73.8_1 - 75254
Copied Aaron Siskind, Backstage, WPA Theater Project, Haiti: The Story of Pierre-Dominique Toussaint l'Ouverture, Lafayette Theater, Harlem, from the Photo League Feature Group project Harlem Document, 1937, printed later, gelatin silver print, sheet: 1411 in. (35.527.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tennyson and Fern Schad, courtesy of Light Gallery, 1990.73.8, © 1937, Aaron Siskind Foundation

Artwork Details

Title
Backstage, WPA Theater Project, Haiti: The Story of Pierre-Dominique Toussaint l’Ouverture, Lafayette Theater, Harlem, from the Photo League Feature Group project Harlem Document
Date
1937, printed later
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 1411 in. (35.527.8 cm.)
Copyright
© 1937, Aaron Siskind Foundation
Credit Line
Gift of Tennyson and Fern Schad, courtesy of Light Gallery
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Keywords
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
  • African American
  • Performing arts — theater
  • Cityscape — New York — Harlem
  • Portrait male — Toussaint l’Ouverture, Pierre Dominique
  • Architecture Interior — civic — theater
  • Architecture Interior — civic — Lafayette Theater
Object Number
1990.73.8