The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 23, 2024

Congressional Gathering

Congressional Gathering

1959
(American, 1935–2002)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 31.1 x 20.7 cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.6 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Alma Kroeger Fund 2017.106
© Louis H. Draper
Location: not on view

Description

This metaphorical image, made early in Draper’s career, was taken two years after he moved from segregated Richmond, Virginia, to New York to study photography. He shows us one thing—bedsheets hanging on a clothesline, seemingly seen at night—while alluding to another, hoods at a Ku Klux Klan gathering.



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  • Louis Draper (the artist)
    estate of Louis Draper
    Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY
    September 11, 2017
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (03/17/2018-06/06/2018): "Recent Acquisitions 2014-2017"
  • {{cite web|title=Congressional Gathering|url=false|author=Louis H. Draper|year=1959|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.106