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Marion Palfi
Wife Of The Lynch Victim1949, printed 1977

Not on view
Black and white portrait photograph, a Black woman shown from the chest up, lit from behind by a bare bulb, looking directly at the camera in a dim interior
Artist or Maker
Marion Palfi
Hungary, 1917-1978
Title
Wife Of The Lynch Victim
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1949, printed 1977
Medium
Gelatin-silver print
Dimensions
Mat: 20 x 16
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1817.14
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 1998 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents