Louis H. Draper

Herald Square, New York
1995

A black and white photograph capturing a moment in a subway station where a person is blurred in motion, walking past a payphone and a large, partially deteriorated mural of a classical figure on the wall. The figure in the mural appears to be reaching out towards the passerby.
A black and white photograph capturing a moment in a subway station where a person is blurred in motion, walking past a payphone and a large, partially deteriorated mural of a classical figure on the wall. The figure in the mural appears to be reaching out towards the passerby.

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Date
1995

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm) Image: 6 3/8 × 9 1/4in. (16.2 × 23.5 cm)

Accession number
2016.147

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust

API
artworks/49787

Louis H. Draper
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