Robert F. Kennedy Campaigning, San Francisco

Artist Gene Anthony (American, born about 1932)

Date1968

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensionsimage: 31.4 x 47.8 cm (12 3/8 x 18 13/16 in.)
sheet: 40.7 x 50.5 cm (16 x 19 7/8 in.)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of Howard G. Davis III, A.K.A. David Davis

Object number2016.6

Label TextAs Civil Rights activist, Attorney General, and Senator, Robert F. Kennedy was a champion of American liberalism. He was a younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, in whose administration he served as United States’ Attorney General. Nine months after the President’s assassination he resigned to run for a New York Senate seat, to which he was elected. Here Kennedy is seen campaigning in the California presidential primary. After winning this contest, he delivered a brief speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, when he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan.ProvenanceOwned by David Davis 2003–2016 Gift to the Worcester Art Museum, March 2016

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