Details

Title

Old Man Reading a Book, Macon County, Alabama

Artist/Maker

Prentice Herman Polk (American, 1898–1984)

Date

ca. 1930, printed 1978

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

9 9/16 x 7 1/2 inches 24.3 x 19.1 cm. (image) 9 15/16 x 8 inches 25.2 x 20.3 cm. (paper & mount) 20 x 16 inches 50.8 x 40.6 cm. (mat)

Credit

Purchase

Accession #

1978.141

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

© Tuskegee University.

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