Accession Number
2000/2.158.7

Title
San Francisco

Artist(s)
Joel Meyerowitz

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1964

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
11 in x 13 15/16 in (27.94 cm x 35.4 cm);16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Selma & Gerald Lotenberg

Subject matter
In this photograph, an East Asian man stands on a sidewalk. He wears a poster depicting John F. Kennedy strapped to his head and holds the same poster in his right hand. He holds a mop-like tool in his left hand and looks straight ahead with an open frontal stance. Two East Asian men in business attire shoot a sideway glance at the man with posters as they walk by. 

Physical Description
Photograph of a man standing on a sidewalk holding posters of John F. Kennedy.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
Portraits
buildings
political posters
presidents
sidewalks
sign
standing