Louis Faurer

Win place and show (3rd Ave. El at 53rd Street, New York, N.Y.)
1947, printed 1981

Black and white photograph capturing the silhouette of a street lamp and fire escape against the backdrop of a building with visible windows. The contrast creates a stark play of light and shadow.
Black and white photograph capturing the silhouette of a street lamp and fire escape against the backdrop of a building with visible windows. The contrast creates a stark play of light and shadow.

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Date
1947, printed 1981

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm) Image: 6 15/16 × 9 1/8in. (17.6 × 23.2 cm)

Accession number
2010.176

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Louis Faurer

API
artworks/34498

Louis Faurer
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