Thompson and Brown by George Dureau, Queer Art 1980s Conceptual ’ and the balance of

’ and the balance of colors was also a little different

A city hydrant spraying water offers the children relief from the sun’s heat

shot in natural lighting

Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the east coast to the Deep South

--> Provenance: Freed Estate

Thompson and Brown by George Dureau, Queer Art 1980s Conceptual ’ and the balance ofA black and white photograph, Thompson and Brown, c. 1980 by George Dureau is a 20" x 16" gelatin silver print, signed and titled recto (front of photo) below the image. Often compared to Robert Mapplethorpe's nudes, Dureau's classical photographs of homoerotic nudes predate Mapplethorpe's studies of black male models. In fact, Mapplethorpe collected Dureau's photography and Robert Mapplethorpe found much inspiration in it for his own work.