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Dance Hall and School, ca. 1940, Edina, Liberia

Max Belcher

Dance Hall and School, ca. 1940, Edina, Liberia

1983, printed 1989

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Dance Hall and School, ca. 1940, Edina, Liberia

Max Belcher

Dance Hall and School, ca. 1940, Edina, Liberia

Max Belcher

Dance Hall and School, ca. 1940, Edina, Liberia

1983, printed 1989

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 196 × 251 mm. (7 11/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Artist
Object Number 1989.103
BMA, "BMA Collects: African-American Art," 21 January - 18 March, 1990.

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Max Belcher

American, born 1944

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