Rita Schwerner, Summer of '64, Oxford, Ohio - High Museum of Art

Rita Schwerner, Summer of '64, Oxford, Ohio

Steve Schapiro

American, 1936–2022

Rita Schwerner, Summer of ’64, Oxford, Ohio

Details

Title

Rita Schwerner, Summer of '64, Oxford, Ohio

Artist/Maker

Steve Schapiro (American, 1936–2022)

Date

1964

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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Credit

Purchase with funds from the H. B. and Doris Massey Charitable Trust

Accession #

2007.232

On View

Currently not on view

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