I know I've seen these pictures before. I think they were individual black and white photos that WC put together and colored for this picture.
I think you are onto something. The dress in these two figures is different, as is the detail. I think you are right.
I was thinking the exact same thing, the original(s) may be two separate images. The shadows on the faces do seem to match, but he could have fixed that. There's something about the positioning of the people that seems to hint at them having been spliced together, but I can't say for sure.
I was keeping an eye out for that as I was Googling, looking not just for two people posed that way, but for each individual. I can't search any more this morning, plus I'm just on dial-up and it's slow loading even the thumbnails!
I work at an antiques & fine arts place that deals with this sort of thing. I'll take a look at the books we have on photography today.
WC. Water closet. Yup, I knew there was a strong connection between Ward Churchill and a urinal.
I think you are right, molly.
Can somebody separate them?????
Update: the only books relating to prints and photographs that we had were price guides. Sorry!
And the "inspired" fontsize was so small that it looked like a smudge, and I'm sure those boatloads of senior citizen shoppers couldn't make it out even with their reading glasses on.
Deceptive labeling like this reminds me in so many ways of WC. It's such a shame that up until now the name "Churchill" has invoked images of greatness. Now that name is forever tarnished.