Two Young Men Sleeping on a Gravestone, Lagos, Nigeria

Ken Heyman, American, 1930 - 2019

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1960

Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 11 5/8 × 9 5/16 in. (29.6 × 23.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Marina and Andrew E. Lewin, Class of 1981

2016.49.1

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed and inscribed, on reverse, lower right, in graphite: PHOTO '60 / PRiNT '60 / Ken Heyman; inscribed, on reverse, lower left, in graphite: NiGERiA; inscribed, on reverse, center, in graphite: R-17080 / WKA6 #24; inscribed, on reverse, bottom right edge, in graphite: 4000- KH-2197; inscribed, on reverse, left center, in black ink: VINTAGE Stamped, on reverse, above center, in black ink [in rectangle]: Photograph By / Ken Heyman / c[circled] 1963 MAGNUM PHOTOS / 15 West 47th Street, N.Y.C. 36 Stamped, on reverse, right center edge, in blue ink [in rectangle]: PLEASE CREDIT: / KEN HEYMAN / SIXTY-FOUR EAST FIFTY-FIFTH / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022 HA1-4 Stamped, on reverse, below center, in black ink: PLEASE CREDIT PHOTO BY / KEN HEYMAN / [Address struck through with black marker] / WHEN REORDERING PLEASE REFER TO / FILE NUMBER ___ / ROLL ___FRAME___

Provenance

Marina and Andrew E. Lewin, New York, New York; given to present collection, 2016.

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