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Untitled from the series Portrait of My People

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Description: African Americans in Art: Selections from The Art Institute of Chicago
​Roy DeCarava’s 1952 photograph Man Coming Up Subway Stairs (Portfolio, no. 16) features a middle-aged African American with jacket under his arm, ascending a stairway. The diagonal of the handrail and the right angles formed by the steps and lines of the building draw our attention to the subject’s expressive face...
PublisherArt Institute of Chicago
Related print edition pages: pp.245-259
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00008.006

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