Malcolm X, Chicago

Eve Arnold

1961; printed later

  • Titles Malcolm X, Chicago (Descriptive)@Malcolm X during his visit to enterprises owned by Black Muslims. Chicago, Illinois, USA. (Alternate)
  • Artist Eve Arnold, American, 1912 - 2012
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) image: 19 × 13 in. (48.3 × 33 cm) mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by the Collectors Circle for Contemporary Art and the Friends of American Art for the 2016 Photo Finish honoring the Photography Guild, AFI.86.2016
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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