Ruth Orkin

Sandstorm, West Village, New York City

1949, printed 1981

A group of city residents stand by a brick building while a child crouches picking up litter from the street.
A group of city residents stand by a brick building while a child crouches picking up litter from the street.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1949, printed 1981

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 3/16 in. (26 × 33.5 cm) Image: 10 1/4 × 13 3/16 in. (26 × 33.5 cm)

Accession number
2019.22

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Ruth Orkin

API
artworks/60806

Ruth Orkin
3 works in the collection, 1 exhibition

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