Draper, Louis H.. Congressional Gathering, 1959. gelatin silver print, 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.). Alma Kroeger Fund, 2017.106. Copyrighted.

Congressional Gathering

1959

Louis H. Draper

Louis H. Draper (American, 1935–2002)

Photography

Congressional Gathering, 1959. Louis H. Draper (American, 1935–2002). Gelatin silver print; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund 2017.106 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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Original Source

Maker/Artist: Draper, Louis H.
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: gelatin silver print
Medium: gelatin, silver, print
Dimensions: 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.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Stamped in black ink on verso: “WARNING: FROM THE ESTATE OF/LOUIS DRAPER/EXECUTOR/NELL DRAPER WINSTON/© COPYRIGHT 2002/107 LIBERTY AVENUE/RICHMOND, VA 23223” Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: “LD124”
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2017.106
Credit Line: Alma Kroeger Fund
Exhibitions: Recent Acquisitions, The Cleveland Museum of Art (03/17/2018-06/06/2018): "Recent Acquisitions 2014-2017"
Rights Statement: Copyrighted