Louis Faurer

New York, N.Y. (Ritz Bar)
c. 1947, printed 1981

A black and white photograph depicting a scene outside a building with a sign reading "Philip Bar." A woman in a dark dress stands on the left on the top step of the entrance, while two young boys in light-colored suits and a man in a dark suit stand on the right. The man appears to be looking at one of the boys, who is glancing back at him. The image is framed with a white border.

A black and white photograph depicting a scene outside a building with a sign reading "Philip Bar." A woman in a dark dress stands on the left on the top step of the entrance, while two young boys in light-colored suits and a man in a dark suit stand on the right. The man appears to be looking at one of the boys, who is glancing back at him. The image is framed with a white border.

Not on view

Date
c. 1947, printed 1981

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8in. (27.6 × 35.2 cm) Image: 7 × 10 1/2in. (17.8 × 26.7 cm)

Accession number
2010.178

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/34500

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Louis Faurer
17 works in the collection

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