On view through October 27, 2019
Ernest C. Withers: Baseball Photographs
With baseball as the focus, from Little League through the Negro Leagues, this exhibition examines African American identity and representation as captured through the lens of noted Civil Rights-era photographer Ernest C. Withers.
Ernest C. Withers
American, 1922-2007
Ernie Banks, Larry Doby, Matty Brusher, and Jackie Robinson with a Young Fan, Martin's Stadium, Memphis, 1948-1949
Gelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Museum purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation 2005.3.94
© Withers Family Trust
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