Object Details
- Artist
- Earlie Hudnall, Jr., born Hattiesburg, MS 1946
- Exhibition Label
- Many of Hudnall’s photographs focus on children and the elderly. “A unique commonality exists between young and old,” he observes, “because there is always a continuity between the past and the future. It is this commonality which I strive to depict in my work.” In The Guardian, a father enfolds his young daughter as they stand along a street reflected in the mirrored lenses of his glasses. The American flag tucked behind his ear suggests more – that in addition to warmth and affection, he is passing on a sense of community and patriotic pride.
- African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, 2012
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
- Copyright
- © 1990, Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
- 1990
- Object number
- 1994.23.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Photography-Photoprint
- Medium
- gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- sheet: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.4 x 40.7 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape
- African American
- Figure group\male and child
- Dress\accessory\eye wear
- Object\other\flag
- Architecture Exterior
- Record ID
- saam_1994.23.4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7fa971616-22a2-4ca7-b5cf-f8800e97e433
