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Artist
Richard Avedon, 15 May 1923 - 1 Oct 2004
Sitter
Asa Philip Randolph, 15 Apr 1889 - 16 Mar 1979
Date
April 8, 1976
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 25.6cm x 20.2cm (10 1/16" x 7 15/16")
Sheet: 35.7cm x 27.8cm (14 1/16" x 10 15/16")
Topic
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Asa Philip Randolph: Male
Asa Philip Randolph: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher
Asa Philip Randolph: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor
Asa Philip Randolph: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Labor leader
Asa Philip Randolph: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist
Asa Philip Randolph: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by generous contributions from Jeane W. Austin and the James Smithson Society
