Upstart

Paul Allen Reed

1966

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Where the Two Came to Their Father, Maud Oakes, After a drawing by Jeff King, screenprint
Storefront, Stewart, Alabama, 1962, William Christenberry, chromogenic print
This black and white photograph shows an African American woman and an African American boy facing each other on a street or sidewalk. The boy wears overall shorts and a white t-shirt and raises his arms in front of his chest. The woman wears high heels, a skirt, and a black short sleeved shirt and has one arm on her hip with the other carrying something. There are two windows behind the group, and in the window behind the woman, a posted sign reads “FURNISHED / ROOM.” From within the window—beneath the sign and behind the woman—another figure’s face is seen.
Rocks and Waves, Anthony Thieme, oil on canvas