Guardian for Black Panthers (Primary Title)

Chester Higgins, American, born 1946 (Artist)

1969
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.48 cm)
Image: 10 × 6 7/8 in. (25.4 × 17.46 cm)
2018.345
Not on view
Photographer's stamp in blue ink at lower right corner, verso: "CHESTER HIGGINS JR. / COPYRIGHTED PHOTOGRAPH / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED". Second photographer's stamp in black ink near center, verso: "COPYRIGHTED PHOTOGRAPH / By CHESTER HIGGINS, JR. / CANNOT BE PUBLISHED IN ANY / FORM WITHOUT PERMISSION." Third photographer's stamp in black ink in upper half, verso: "CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / CHESTER HIGGINS, JR. / from / RAPHO GUILLUMETTE / 59 EAST 54th ST., N. Y., N. Y. 10022".
Inscribed in black ink at center, verso: "WATCHMAN / FENCE GUART ? HARLEM, NEW YORK 1969". Inscribed in black ink at lower left, verso: "Young Man in Harlem".
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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