The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of February 23, 2026
Ritz Bar, New York, NY
1947–48
(American, 1916–2001)
Paper: 28 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Gift of Howard Greenberg 2009.487
© Estate of Louis Faurer
Location: Not on view
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.- A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920–1950. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-November 7, 2021).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2009.487