[Street prophet]
Photograph
[Street prophet]
From "Harlem Document"
ca. 1939
Gelatin silver print
18.3 x 21.1 cm.
Gift of Aaron Siskind
1969.0073.0006
Inscriptions Typed on applied label on mount recto, BC: Harlem, though almost entirely Pretestant, is extremely \ tolerant of all religions. This mystic is not an American \ Negro. He probably combines a more patently oriental \ religion than Christianity into his religious synthesis. \ He did not want his picture taken because, "Intelligence \ is not spelled right and it isn't in the dictionary."
Typed on applied label on mount recto, BRC: Corsini
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso (Aaron Siskind's hand): Corsini \ 6 \ Rel 6
Typed on applied label on mount recto, BRC: Corsini
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso (Aaron Siskind's hand): Corsini \ 6 \ Rel 6
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