Louis Faurer

Untitled, New York City (woman on subway)
1973, printed 1980

A black and white photograph of a woman sitting on a subway bench, engrossed in reading a book with the title "Ulysses" by James Joyce. She is wearing a striped top and white pants, with her legs crossed, and the subway car is in motion, as seen through the blurred windows behind her.
A black and white photograph of a woman sitting on a subway bench, engrossed in reading a book with the title "Ulysses" by James Joyce. She is wearing a striped top and white pants, with her legs crossed, and the subway car is in motion, as seen through the blurred windows behind her.

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Date
1973, printed 1980

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm) Image: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2in. (24.8 × 16.5 cm)

Accession number
2020.196

Edition
Edition unknown

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Howard Greenberg

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Louis Faurer
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