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McKinley, the Shoemaker, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A." by Dawoud Bey — VisualArtsDB

McKinley, the Shoemaker, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A."

McKinley, the Shoemaker, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A."

1975–1979

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 15.6 × 22.9 cm (5 15/16 × 9 in., image); 35.4 × 27.5 cm (13 3/4 × 10 13/16 in., paper)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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