Joel Meyerowitz

Surveyor, Cedar Street
2001, printed 2006

A construction worker in a yellow raincoat and white hard hat is measuring something with a long ruler in a narrow urban alleyway. The alley features fire escapes on the buildings, barred windows, and a "Private Property No Trespassing" sign. The image has a timestamp in the corner indicating it was taken in 2001.
A construction worker in a yellow raincoat and white hard hat is measuring something with a long ruler in a narrow urban alleyway. The alley features fire escapes on the buildings, barred windows, and a "Private Property No Trespassing" sign. The image has a timestamp in the corner indicating it was taken in 2001.

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Date
2001, printed 2006

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 7 15/16in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm) Image: 9 9/16 × 6 3/8in. (24.3 × 16.2 cm)

Accession number
2015.188

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Steven E. and Phyllis N. Gross

Rights and reproductions
© Joel Meyerowitz, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery

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Joel Meyerowitz
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