An African American man wearing a jacket with tails and large epaulettes, white gloves, white riding pants, and black boots stands in a hallway leaning on a cane in this black and white photograph. Further down the hallway, another figure can be seen sitting in a chair, with elements of costume hanging around him. A partial poster, peeling from the wall, is seen closer to the viewer than the figure, cut off by the right edge of the photograph.

Lafayette theatre 2, Harlem

Aaron Siskind

1938; printed 1981

Titles Lafayette theatre 2, Harlem (Proper)@Lafayette Theater 2 (Alternate)@Harlem Document (Series)
Artist Aaron Siskind, American, 1903 - 1991
Medium gelatin silver print
Dimensions sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (35.2 × 27.3 cm) image: 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (29.8 × 22.2 cm)
Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Howard and Ellen Greenberg, AFI.185.2017
Work Type photograph
Classification Photographs