Martin Luther King, Jr. in Jefferson County Jail Print #02 Style:U.S.A., c. 1965 Wachtang Kikabidze and Jewgienija Simonowa

Wachtang Kikabidze and Jewgienija Simonowa

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Gertrude Jeannette

Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne Swiss exhibition poster artists Jedd Garet/ Werner Jeker

printer Novograph Roma

Martin Luther King, Jr. in Jefferson County Jail Print #02 Style:U.S.A., c. 1965 Wachtang Kikabidze and Jewgienija SimonowaOriginal silkscreen print by artist Peter Gee of the iconic Birmingham Portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Wyatt Tee Walker. Gee mirrors the photo across the print, creating an immersive and hypnotic effect. The monochromatic black design heightens the tension in the photograph. At the bottom of the print Gee has printed a quote of Kings: "Say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice, say that I was a drum major for peace,