TAYLOR, Prentiss
Description
Scottsboro, Ltd.
Lithograph
16 1/2 x 13" MAT
This lithograph includes a group of African American men positioned in a tightly held group with their hands raised. The figures are positioned against a stark depiction of a telephone pole. The image is in reference to the Scottsboro six who were tried and then later acquitted of sexual assualt against two white women. It was a groundbreaking case which supported the right of defendants to adequate legal counsel.
Date
1932
Creator
TAYLOR, Prentiss
b. United States, 1907 -1991
Source
Gift of Don Trevey to the Ken Trevey Collection of American Realist Prints
Identifier
1992.163
Citation
TAYLOR, Prentiss and b. United States, 1907 -1991, “TAYLOR, Prentiss,” UCSB ADA Museum Omeka, accessed November 25, 2024, http://art-collections.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/2229.