Untitled (Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy at Dr. Marin Luther King Jr.'s Atlanta Funeral Procession from the Ebenezer Baptist Church to Morehouse College, April 9, 1968)
Harry Benson, Scottish and American, born 1929
negative 1968; print 2014
Archival pigment print
5/35
Sheet: 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
Image: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased in memory of Edward A. Hansen, Member of the Board of the Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art, through a gift from his wife, Julia, his children, Victoria, Class of 1988 and Christopher, Class of 1985
2014.84.3
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Titled, numbered, and signed, beneath image, in black ink: Senator + Mrs. Robert Kennedy, MLK Funeral, Atlanta 1968 5/35 Harry Benson
Label
Both taken at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta funeral, these two photographs depict different facets of grief. In the first, his wife, Coretta Scott King, appears tormented by her loss as she is surrounded by people trying to console her. In the second, Robert F. Kennedy walks through the funeral procession, encircled by a crowd of mourners holding hands. While Coretta King is individually mourning the loss of her husband, the crowd is collectively suffering the loss of a beloved leader. Although the photos express distinct types of grief, both convey how grief can bring us together. From the 2022 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 109, Nothing Gold Can Stay, curated by Amy Zaretsky '23, Conroy Intern
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 109, Nothing Gold Can Stay, Amy Zarestky, Class of 2023, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 29 October - 23 December 2022
Art of the Civil Rights Movement, Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 23, 2014-March 8, 2015.
Provenance
The artist (Harry Benson Ltd., New York, New York); sold to the present collection, 2014.
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