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exhibition of Marion Palfi photographs

January 13, 1984–February 16, 1984

Student Union Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Works of art

New York City, 1948, Abandoned and neglected children ("...They fall asleep exhausted from emotional anguish shortly after breakfast." Marion Palfi), Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

New York City, 1948, Abandoned and neglected children ("...They fall asleep exhausted from emotional anguish shortly after breakfast." Marion Palfi), 1948

New York City, 1948 (". . . it's like the murdering of little angels." Marion Palfi), Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

New York City, 1948 (". . . it's like the murdering of little angels." Marion Palfi), 1948

New York City, 1948 ("None of them laughed as children generally do." Marion Palfi), Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

New York City, 1948 ("None of them laughed as children generally do." Marion Palfi), 1948

New York City, 1948 ("The loveless life leads him to mental illness." Marion Palfi), Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

New York City, 1948 ("The loveless life leads him to mental illness." Marion Palfi), 1948

New York City, 1948, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

New York City, 1948, 1948

New York City, 1948 ("The gates are closed--for protection--but the search for love goes on." Marion Palfi), Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

New York City, 1948 ("The gates are closed--for protection--but the search for love goes on." Marion Palfi), 1948

Los Angeles, 1946-49, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Los Angeles, 1946-49, 1946–1949

Washington, D.C., 1946-49, In the Shadows of the Capitol, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Washington, D.C., 1946-49, In the Shadows of the Capitol, late 1940s

Florida, 1946-49 ("A Palfi photograph brings us face to face with hidden realities that its surface only causes us to begin to explore." Langston Hughes), Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Florida, 1946-49 ("A Palfi photograph brings us face to face with hidden realities that its surface only causes us to begin to explore." Langston Hughes), 1946–1949

Georgia, 1946-49, Son of a tenant farmer ("Segregation: the enemy of all children; the knife that cuts them off from the future." Lillian Smith), Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Georgia, 1946-49, Son of a tenant farmer ("Segregation: the enemy of all children; the knife that cuts them off from the future." Lillian Smith), 1946–1949

Georgia, 1946-49, Under the Brooklyn Bridge, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Georgia, 1946-49, Under the Brooklyn Bridge, 1946–1949

Atlanta, 1949, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Atlanta, 1949, 1949

Georgia, 1949 or A Gullah Family, Georgia Study, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Georgia, 1949 or A Gullah Family, Georgia Study, circa 1949

Georgia, 1949, Bean picker, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Georgia, 1949, Bean picker, 1949

Georgia, 1949, Overseer, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Georgia, 1949, Overseer, 1949

Sledge, Mississippi, 1949, Sharecropper's children, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Sledge, Mississippi, 1949, Sharecropper's children, 1949

Louisville, 1949, Laundress, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Louisville, 1949, Laundress, 1949

Georgia, 1949, Mid-wife, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Georgia, 1949, Mid-wife, 1949

Irwinton,1949, Miss Rosa, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Irwinton,1949, Miss Rosa, 1949

Irwinton, 1949, The mayor, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Irwinton, 1949, The mayor, 1949

Irwinton, 1949, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Irwinton, 1949, 1949