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Ritz Bar, New York, NY

1947–48

Louis Faurer

(American, 1916–2001)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Paper: 28 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard Greenberg 2009.487
Copyright
© Estate of Louis Faurer
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Louis Faurer caught this poignant, awkward moment between four people waiting outside the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, all dressed up and not enjoying themselves. Are they tourists or New Yorkers? The two boys are probably brothers, but are the adults their parents or grandparents? Or is the woman a stranger, unamused by their antics? Faurer’s photographs are about emotions, not facts. “I have an intense desire to record life as I see it, as I feel it,” he said.

Ritz Bar, New York, NY

1947–48

Louis Faurer

(American, 1916–2001)
America

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