Hostage Parade

Artist Joe Kelly (American, born 1953)

Date1981

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 19 1/2 × 13 1/8 inches (49.53 × 33.35 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 inches (50.47 × 40.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.43.5

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right corner, in black pen: "Joe Kelly"

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right corner, in black pen: "HOSTAGE PARADE N.Y.C."

MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "#5"

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DescriptionImage of post-parade street littered with shreds of paper. In foreground there is a child wearing a coat and holding an American flag whose eyes are covered with a strip of paper floating through the air. Others stand in background and take pictures behind police barricades.

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