ca. 1973
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.24 × 20.32 cm)
Image: 9 7/16 × 6 3/8 in. (23.97 × 16.19 cm)
2018.346
Not on view
Signed by the artist in black ink on verso: "Chester Higg"
Label adhered near center, verso: "Rapho/Photo Researchers, Inc. / New York, NY 10022 USA 9R1313". Second label adhered partially under first label: "TITLE: Drums of Life [inscribed in black ink".
Inscribed in graphite at upper right corner, "62 / p. 62 [encircled]". Inscribed in black ink near center, verso: "Leroi Jones / Imarnu [?] Amaer / Baraka". Inscribed in graphite near center, verso: "WP 1455". Inscribed in graphite near lower left corner: '↓ to 97% of original".
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
Like a Study in Black History: P. H. Polk, Chester Higgins and The Black Photographers Annual, Volume 2, VMFA, October 7, 2017 – August 15, 2018

Chester Higgins @ VMFA
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Photographer Chester Higgins sees his “life as a narrative and [his] photography as its expression.” Friday, Feb 16, 2018.

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