Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series
Catalogue
- Year
- 1945
- Dimensions
- sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. (49.7 x 42.8 cm)
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Peter Sekaer
Artist
Drawing
Peter Sekaer was an American photographer and filmmaker active in the 1930s and 1940s. Working primarily in black and white, he documented American labor, rural communities, and urban life with a documentary impulse aligned with Depression-era social photography. His work appeared in publications and exhibitions focused on vernacular American subjects.
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Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series
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Record
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- Peter Sekaer
- Year
- 1945
- Dimensions
- sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. (49.7 x 42.8 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1945-037587
Source
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Source
- smithsonian
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified