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1954
GUSN-194439
The Boston Arts Festival was both a celebration of local artists and a protest. There was a growing feeling among artists living and working in the Boston area that they were being overlooked by the area museums, which were more concerned with international trends than with the diverse and vibrant community in their own backyard. Reed supported this festival and had friends involved with its organization. In this particular photo, a young man in a jacket and tie looks inquisitively at a sculpture on display.
arts (broad discipline)
festivals
sculpture (visual work)
events
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
1 photograph
PC044
Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972
PC044.TMP.080
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Boston Arts Festival
Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.
Item
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