2010.54.12056
Untreated Death
2000
19 in HIGH x 12.5 in WIDE
(48.26 cm HIGH x 31.75 cm WIDE)
(48.26 cm HIGH x 31.75 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.12056
"photograph copyright Tony Hooker poem copyright Noah W. Griffin adapted from Tennyson / all rights reserved 2000" printed in black text and centered at the bottom of the poster.
Poster has a black and white background image of a man in a small room standing on a pedstal getting measured by a woman while a man at the left records the measurements. The paint on the walls of the room is peeling off. Imposed over the photo, down the center in six sections is a poem titled "untreated death" about the syphilis experiments performed on the six hundren African American men for 40 years. White border all around. Printed on heavy white paper.
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