<I>Tenderloin, San Francisco</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1999
name: label: Photograph by
content: Eli Reed, American, born 1946
label: Subject of
content: Merrill Anderson, Diné (Navajo)
label: Owned by
content: Corcoran Gallery of Art, American, 1890 - 2014
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph Merrill Anderson by Eli Reed. Anderson is shown close up and in profile with the proper left side of his face visible. He is looking out of frame, not smiling. He is wearing a light-colored hooded sweat shirt with the hood up. Another dark piece of fabric is resting on top with the rim of the hood visible underneath. A figurine of a nun is in the foreground, with the top half shown. The nun is wearing a black and white religious habit which mirrors Anderson’s clothing. The figurine is wearing a cross necklace and holding and unidentified object, mostly out of frame. There is a blank white wall in the background. The photograph is matted and the reverse is not visible.
place: label: Place depicted
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Corcoran Gallery Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Eli Reed)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.76.119
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Eli Reed/Magum Photos
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)