Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Night Feeding
1973; printed 1982
Brooklyn, New York City, Brooklyn County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white gelatin silver photograph titled “Night Feeding” by Roy DeCarava. The photograph captures a woman, with her face illuminated, looking down at an infant in her arms who she is breastfeeding. The photograph is signed by the artist in the front, lower right corner: [© 1982 Roy DeCarava].
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Catalog reference: 2023.39.10
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