City School, Jeffersonville, Indiana
2007, printed 2022
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View on museum website →Medium
inkjet print
Dimensions
image: 33.78 × 50.8 cm (13 5/16 × 20 in.) sheet: 50.8 × 60.96 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2023.98.2
Art Historical Context
Wendel White's *City School, Jeffersonville, Indiana* (2007, printed 2022) captures a poignant slice of American educational history through the lens of a once-vibrant school building in southern Indiana. This inkjet print, measuring 33.78 × 50.8 cm, depicts the weathered facade of the City School, evoking the era of racial segregation when separate facilities for Black students dotted the landscape. White, a contemporary photographer renowned for his documentary-style explorations of African American heritage sites, invites viewers to reflect on overlooked narratives of resilience and inequal...