Rosenblum, Walter. Group in Front of Fence, Pitt Street, Lower East Side, NY, 1938, printed later. gelatin silver print, toned, Image: 17.9 x 23.1 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Paper: 19.5 x 25.1 cm (7 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.). Gift of the Rosenblum Family, 2017.83. Copyrighted undefined.

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Group in Front of Fence, Pitt Street, Lower East Side, NY

1938, printed later

Walter Rosenblum

Walter Rosenblum (American, 1919–2006)

Photography

Group in Front of Fence, Pitt Street, Lower East Side, NY, 1938, printed later. Walter Rosenblum (American, 1919–2006). Gelatin silver print, toned; image: 17.9 x 23.1 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.); paper: 19.5 x 25.1 cm (7 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Rosenblum Family 2017.83 © Walter Rosenblum Taken at the height of the Depression when he was 19, this image shows a world Rosenblum knew intimately. One of five children of immigrant parents, he grew up in a three-room cold-water flat in one of the tenement buildings that filled New York’s Lower East Side. Because apartments were crowded, much of life was lived on the street, providing ample material for his camera.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Rosenblum, Walter
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: gelatin silver print, toned
Medium: gelatin, silver, print, toned
Dimensions: Image: 17.9 x 23.1 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Paper: 19.5 x 25.1 cm (7 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Written in black ink on verso: “Group in Front of Fence/Pitt St. N.Y. 1938” Written in black ink on verso: “Walter Rosenblum (signed)” Written in pencil on verso: “ACMS WR0032.26”
Departments: Photography