Arthur Tress

Boy in Burnt Out Furniture Store, Newark, N.J.
1969

A black and white photograph by Arthur Tress titled "Boy by Burnt Out Firestone Store, Newark, N.J., 1969." It depicts a young boy standing in a dilapidated room with a large, ornate sofa mural on the wall behind him. The room has a damaged floor and ceiling, and through the torn ceiling, buildings outside are visible. The image conveys a sense of urban decay and abandonment.
A black and white photograph by Arthur Tress titled "Boy by Burnt Out Firestone Store, Newark, N.J., 1969." It depicts a young boy standing in a dilapidated room with a large, ornate sofa mural on the wall behind him. The room has a damaged floor and ceiling, and through the torn ceiling, buildings outside are visible. The image conveys a sense of urban decay and abandonment.

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Date
1969

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Image: 15 × 18 7/8in. (38.1 × 47.9 cm)

Accession number
97.45.4

Edition
AP

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Richard Lorenz in memory of Ignatius Michael Lorenz

Rights and reproductions
© 2010 Arthur Tress

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