The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Times Square, NY (Home of the Brave)
1950
(American, 1916–2001)
Paper: 28 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Gift of Howard Greenberg 2009.489
© Estate of Louis Faurer
Location: not on view
Description
The signs and marquees around Times Square provided Louis Faurer with richly ironic images. Here, words from a film title and a promotional phrase become commentary on the risks of living in New York City, which in Faurer’s world is the “City of Sin” and the “Home of the Brave.” In 1925 the Rivoli Theater, a few blocks north of where City of Sin was taken, was the first movie theater to offer air-conditioning. Soon, most were “cooled by refrigeration,” and going to the movies became a way to beat summer heat in the city.- 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/2009.489