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One hundred and fifty studio portraits of unidentified African Americans by unknown photographers now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a> offer a fascinating peek at self-representation in the mid-20th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 By recently acquiring two major portrait groups represented in the show, the Met announces its intention to build its collection to include images of African Americans.\u00a0 (On view on the Upper East Side through October 8th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Installation view of \u2018African American: Photographs from the 1940s and 1950s at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One hundred and fifty studio portraits of unidentified African Americans by unknown photographers now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art offer a fascinating peek at self-representation in the mid-20th century.\u00a0 By recently acquiring two major portrait groups represented in the show, the Met announces its intention to build its collection to include images … <\/p>\n

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