School for Non Violence (A school for sit-ins for blacks where they are harassed and taught not to react to white's harassment in case this happens when they sit-in in protest), Petersburg, VA (Primary Title)

Eve Arnold, American, 1912–2012 (Photographer)

1960, printed ca. 1960
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/8 × 13 3/8 in. (23.18 × 33.97 cm)
2017.124
Not on view
Typed publication (Look Magazine?) label affixed to verso, with "USA Red 04" inscribed in an unidentified hand in black ink: "SN 60-12 RF 33/23 P7 EVE ARNOLD "NON VIOLENCE IN SOUTH" / "Black Bastard" ". Stamp in red ink on verso: "CREDITS!!! / Incorrect credits will result in double reproduction fees." Look Magazine stamp in black ink on verso, with additional black ink stamps within when noted with single quotations and black ink inscriptions when noted with asterisks: “LOOK / MAGAZINE / Photo(s) No.’185' / Photographer / Received *5-24-60* / Purchased / Amount *2,000* [ then crossed through in black ink] / Rights 'FIRST PUBL.' / UNSK/ [I]ssue Date". Eve Arnold Magnum credit stamp in purple ink with lower half covered by Magnum Photos address label affixed overtop, on verso: “PLEASE CREDIT / EVE ARNOLD- MAGNUM....". John Hillenson copyright stamp in blue ink, with lower half covered by Magnum Photos address label affixed overtop, on verso: “COPYRIGHT THE JO...". Two typed Magnum Photos Ltd. address labels, partially covering Eve Arnold Magnum credit stamp and John Hillenson copyright stamp: " MAGNUM PHOTOS Ltd. / MORELAND BUILDINGS/ 2nd FLOOR/ 23-25 OLD STREET/ LONDON EC1V 9HL / Tel: 01 490.1771 (Four Lines)".
Inscribed in unidentified hands in graphite on verso: " 60-12" , "33/23", and " A school for sitins - / for Blacks where they are harassed and taught not to react to whites / harrassment - in case / this happens when they / sit-in in protest. / Virginia 1960. USA / by Eve Arnold (Eve's own printing)”.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment

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