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Flag Day, Harlem

1966

Beuford Smith

(American, 1941–2025)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 20.1 x 18.7 cm (7 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.); Paper: 20.1 x 18.7 cm (7 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Jo Hershey Selden Fund 2021.145
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Images of Black people with American flags were taken by many mid-twentieth-century Black photographers

Description

Often, as in Beuford Smith’s Flag Day, the person is distanced from the flag, which represents a country that does not offer them protection equal to that of its other citizens. We do not know the source of the grimace on the woman’s face, but in the context of this composition, it suggests her disillusionment with the American dream.

Flag Day, Harlem

1966

Beuford Smith

(American, 1941–2025)
America

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