One photograph of two young boys, with another smaller photoraph of two young girls taped on the verso. The photograph of the little girls was used as a source for the public school scene in Sharrer's polyptych <em>Tribute to the American Working People</em>. <br>Date is based on the year that <em>Tribute</em> was completed. <br>Identification on paper taped to verso (typewritten, by Sharrer): When first starting to develop the <em>Public school scene</em>, I wanted to have among the other children a Negro and white boy with their arms around each other. I was always on the lookout for that situation in the schools I visited, and when it never materialised, I created the situation by asking a Negro boy and a white boy to pose. I did this several times, but the results were always false. They were obviously posing and there was no friendship there. Later I found the right feeling with a little Negro girl who posed with her best friend. It is they who are in the <em>Public school scene</em>. Coronado, Calif.
Citation:
Honoré Desmond Sharrer. Children posing for Public School Scene, not after 1951. Honoré Sharrer papers, circa 1920-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
