Bessie Fontenelle with her Son Richard
The 39-year-old Bessie is shown lying on her bed with Richard, the youngest of her 10 children. She had been beaten by her drunken husband shortly before, and retaliated by throwing a pot of boiling water on him. The photograph brings Michelangelo’s Pietà to mind: the grieving Virgin with her son. In 1968 the photograph was printed in a large format in a special photographic essay in Life magazine highlighting
poverty in America’s black ghettos.
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Bessie Fontenelle with her Son Richard
The 39-year-old Bessie is shown lying on her bed with Richard, the youngest of her 10 children. She had been beaten by her drunken husband shortly before, and retaliated by throwing a pot of boiling water on him. The photograph brings Michelangelo’s Pietà to mind: the grieving Virgin with her son. In 1968 the photograph was printed in a large format in a special photographic essay in Life magazine highlighting
poverty in America’s black ghettos.
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Aankoop met steun van Baker McKenzie
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Purchased with the support of Baker McKenzie
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De 39-jarige Bessie ligt op be ...... n in Amerika’s zwarte getto’s.
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The 39-year-old Bessie is show ...... ty in America’s black ghettos.
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RP-F-2007-322
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Rijksmuseum
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Bessie Fontenelle en haar zoon Richard
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Bessie Fontenelle with her Son Richard
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1968
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1968
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beeld breedte 500 mm
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beeld hoogte 350 mm
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height 350 mm
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height 378 mm
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papier breedte 508 mm
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papier hoogte 378 mm
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width 500 mm
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width 508 mm
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Collectie: foto's
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derde kwart 20e eeuw
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third quarter 20st century
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