At a Protest Meeting, Trafalgar Square
Artist
Roger Mayne
(English, 1929 - 2014)
Date1961
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 16 1/2 × 23 1/8 inches (41.91 × 58.74 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.184
SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Roger Mayne '61"
InscribedInscribed on sheet verso, top, in pencil: "AT A PROTEST MEETING, TRAFALGAR SQUARE";
Dated on sheet verso, central left, in pencil: "VINTAGE PRINT, C '61".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in blue pen: "XS 23";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "3008".
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DescriptionImage of a man and woman standing next to one another looking towards something happening in the distance. Two blurry figures appear in the foreground; one looks up towards the camera.Gallery LabelRoger Mayne’s photograph of a protest meeting in Trafalgar Square, London, brings us strikingly close to four spectators. The impact of this picture comes from its size, as Mayne printed relatively large photographs for the period. Though the subject of this protest is unknown, the political moment in England was charged. Between 1960 and 1961 Mayne photographed anti-nuclear bomb, anti-Apartheid, and anti-Vietnam demonstrations in Trafalgar Square.
Purchased from Gitterman Gallery, New York, NY by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Katkin Tremayne
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