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Object number2002.52

Daddy, I Want to be Free

Artist (American, 1922-2007)
Date1961
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 6 7/8 × 7 1/2 in. (17.5 × 19.1 cm)
sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ronda Stryker
Exhibition History"It Speaks to Me" KIA School Commons (Feb. 3 - May 1, 2005). "Energy and Inspiration: African American Art from the Permanent Collection," KIA Long Gallery (Jan. 13 - Apr. 14, 2006). "Common Ground: African American Art from the Flint Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and the Muskegon Museum of Art," FIA, Flint, Michigan (Feb. 8 - Apr. 26, 2015), KIA, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (Aug. 21 - Nov. 15, 2015), Muskegon Museum of Arts, Muskegon, Michigan ( "Light Works: A Century of Photography," KIA traveling exhibit. Nassau County Museum of Art, (Nov. 19, 2016 - Mar. 5, 2017). "Resilience: African American Artists as Agents of Change," at the KIA (September 14, 2019 - February 16, 2020) "Resilience: African American Artists as Agents of Change," [Travel Version] at the Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI (June 6, 2021 - August, 15, 2021)
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