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Congressional Gathering

1959

Louis H. Draper

(American, 1935–2002)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 31.1 x 20.7 cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.6 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Alma Kroeger Fund 2017.106
Copyright
© Louis H. Draper
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This metaphorical image, made early in Draper’s career, was taken two years after he moved from segregated Richmond, Virginia, to New York to study photography. He shows us one thing—bedsheets hanging on a clothesline, seemingly seen at night—while alluding to another, hoods at a Ku Klux Klan gathering.



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A vertically oriented black-and-white photograph depicts four pieces of fabric hanging from a horizontal line against a black background. Secured by clothespins, the material falls in long, tapered folds. Strong light from the left emphasizes crinkled textures and luminous vertical ridges. The lower portions and right side of the composition recede into deep shadow, leaving lit edges to appear as suspended shapes.

Congressional Gathering

1959

Louis H. Draper

(American, 1935–2002)
America

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