The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Group in Front of Fence, Pitt Street, Lower East Side, NY
1938, printed later
(American, 1919–2006)
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
© Walter Rosenblum
Location: not on view
Description
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.- Tannenbaum, Barabara. “Acquisition Highlights: Photography.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 58. no. 2 (March/April 2018): 16-17. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 16.Tannenbaum, Barbara. “A New York Minute: Take a look at street photography between 1920 and 1950.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 24-26. Reproduced: P. 25.
- A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-November 7, 2021).From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 13-December 31, 2017).
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