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Martin Luther King, Jr., Lying in State, Memphis
Martin Luther King, Jr., Lying in State, Memphis
Martin Luther King, Jr., Lying in State, Memphis
© Withers Family Trust

Martin Luther King, Jr., Lying in State, Memphis

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
DateApril 5, 1968
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 17 7/16 x 17 7/8 in. (44.3 x 45.4 cm)
Sheet: 20 x 23 7/8 in. (50.8 x 60.6 cm)
Mat: 30 x 28 in. (76.2 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMemphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation
Object number2005.3.45
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
On View
Not on view
Senior Woman Lying in State, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
late 1940s