Dakar Senegal, West Africa (Primary Title)

Louis Draper, American, 1935 - 2002 (Artist)

1978
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.94 × 35.4 cm)
Image: 9 5/16 × 13 9/16 in. (23.65 × 34.45 cm)
2015.297
Black stamp on verso: "Warning: From the estate of / Louis Draper / Executor / Nell Draper Winston / © Copyright 2002 / ..." Stamp in black ink on verso: "Photograph by Louis Draper".
Inscribed in graphite on verso: "20 Kayar Island"; "12 1/2 x 9 1/2 / 11 x 14 / 250.00"; "DR0081". Inscribed in ink on verso: "9"
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
"Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop", VMFA, February 1, 2020 - June 14, 2020
©artist or artist’s estate

Photographer Louis Draper
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Chiefly known as as a New York photographer, Louis Draper was first a Richmonder. His sister, Nell Draper Winston, talks about her brother’s ability to capture the character of everyday people.

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